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Gore-TEX, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the expanded form of PTFE

sciencehistory.org published 2016-06-295 min read

By literally stretching materials science to the limit, Gore invented Gore-Tex, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the expanded form of the polymer PTFE.

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