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A modern disposable diapers usually contain layers of paper fluff and a chemical absorbent called sodium polyacrylate. Sodium polyacrylate can absorb 200 to 300 times its weight in liquid. A modern cloth diaper is made of natural fibers, man-made materials, or a combination of both.

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What makes a disposable diaper absorbent?

Disposable diapers are made absorbent by a crystalline substance known as sodium polyacrylate, as compound that can absorb hundreds of times its weight in water.


What brand of diaper is most absorbent?

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Which diaper is the most absorbent?

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What is the materials of a diaper that absorbs liquid?

Usually a diaper contains super-absorbent cyrstals of sodium polyacrylate.


What is the most absorbent diaper?

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How are diapers made?

they are made by absorbent currency gells or rocks in a diaper


What chemical is in diapers?

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What makes you fell like your wearing a diaper?

The softness of the diaper? I don't no


Does baby poweder help make a diaper more absorbent?

It doesn't. The baby powder only helps keep the skin dry before the diaper is used (i.e sweating). Once it is wet the baby powder is quickly soaked off into the diaper.


What woman invented diappers?

Marion Donovan (1917 - 1998) invented the diaper. Her first design involved a plastic cover over the traditional cloth diaper. This design was called the Boater. Later, Donovan invented the first disposable diaper by combining the plastic cover with disposable absorbent cloth.


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Can adult diaper clogs toilets?

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