Inventor of waterproof fabric Gore-Tex dies aged 83

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Gore-Tex: Inventor of waterproof fabric Robert Gore dies aged 83

In a company lab in 1969 he discovered a new form of polymer, a substance made of large molecules that repeat to form long chains.

This material created a fabric with billions of pores smaller than water droplets, forming a waterproof but breathable surface - or Gore-Tex.

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