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Gore tex is polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE. It is a polymer and all the carbon atoms in the backbone of the polymer chain are fully bonded to fluorine atoms, the C-F bond is so strong that neither oxygen nor UV light are sufficient to break it.

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When was Gore-Tex created?

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