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2. Gore-Tex - Wikipedia

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   W. L. Gore & Associates. Gore-Tex is W. L. Gore & Associates 's trade name for waterproof, breathable fabric membrane. It was invented in 1969. Gore-Tex blocks liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use. It is composed of expanded PTFE (ePTFE), a stretched ...

3. Tarpaulin - Wikipedia

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   Tarpaulin. An improvised tent using polytarp as a fly. Abandoned homeless shelter using plastic tarp. A tarpaulin ( / tɑːrˈpɔːlɪn / tar-PAW-lin, [1] also US: / ˈtɑːrpəlɪn / [2]) or tarp is a large sheet of strong, flexible, water-resistant or waterproof material, often cloth such as canvas or polyester coated with polyurethane, or ...

4. Raincoat - Wikipedia

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   Raincoat. A child wearing a yellow raincoat with hood. A raincoat is a waterproof or water-resistant garment worn on the upper body to shield the wearer from rain. The term rain jacket is sometimes used to refer to raincoats with long sleeves that are waist-length. A rain jacket may be combined with a pair of rain pants to make a rainsuit.

5. Polytetrafluoroethylene - Wikipedia

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   Polytetrafluoroethylene is a fluorocarbon solid, as it is a high- molecular-weight polymer consisting wholly of carbon and fluorine. PTFE is hydrophobic: neither water nor water-containing substances wet PTFE, as fluorocarbons exhibit only small London dispersion forces due to the low electric polarizability of fluorine.

6. Self-cleaning surfaces - Wikipedia

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   A) A superhydrophobic surface with a high contact angle nearing 180 degrees. B) A surface with a low water sliding angle. C) A surface with a higher sliding angle which will be less efficient when self-cleaning water from its surface. Control over surface wettability is a critical aspect of self-cleaning surfaces.

7. Microfiber - Wikipedia

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   Microfiber cloth suitable for cleaning sensitive surfaces. Microfibre ( microfiber in American English) is synthetic fibre finer than one denier or decitex /thread, having a diameter of less than ten micrometers . The most common types of microfiber are made variously of polyesters; polyamides (e.g., nylon, Kevlar, Nomex ); and combinations of ...