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Card 6
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Name four advantages of nylon.
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Card 7
Front
What is the disadvantage of using nylon as a material for an item of clothing?
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Card 8
Front
What is Gore-Tex? What kind of person is it useful to?
Back
Card 9
Front
What are the five layers of Gore-Tex starting on the outside?
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Card 10
Front
Teflon is the trade name for what polymer? What is this used in?
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Card 11
Front
What three polymers does Gore-Tex contain?
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Card 12
Front
How does the PTFE in Gore-Tex make it 'breathable'?
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Card 13
Front
Why is the nylon necessary in Gore-Tex?
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Card 14
Front
What does the useful property of polymers (unreactive) mean they are suitable for? But what is the disadvantage of this property?
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Card 15
Front
In which two ways are polymers most often disposed? What is the possible third way?
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