Gore Tex – A Membrane Which Changed the Waterproofing Possibilities on Textiles Significantly
Gore Tex is the trade name of a membrane which is impermeable against water and in the same run open to the diffusion of water vapor. It was named after the US-American chemist Robert W. Gore, who invented it in 1969. Its main component is the polytetrafluoroethylene which is also the chemical component of Teflon. […]

