Gore-Tex waterproof breathable membrane
Gore-Tex, membrana impermeable y transpirable
- Date
- 1969-1976 · confidence high
- Place
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Newark, Delaware, United States
- Credited to
- Bob Gore (expanded PTFE, 1969); commercialised in 1976
- People
- 👤 Bill Gore1912–1986👤 Robert W. Gore1937–2020
- Field
- Tools
What it is
An expanded PTFE membrane with pores that let water vapour pass but not liquid droplets. It revolutionised outdoor clothing as well as vascular implants and industrial filters.
What it led to
- Technical outdoor clothing and mass mountain tourism
- Vascular grafts and surgical meshes
- The regulation of PFAS in textiles
Built on
- Nylon1935–1939
- Teflon (PTFE)1938
- PTFE (Teflon)
Made possible
- technical mountain clothing
- vascular grafts