The new material designed by Gore-Tex can be used on laptops, humans and Mars

Gore-Tex has designed a plastic that can withstand a weight of 500 pounds without breaking. This material is called expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, or ePTFE. It is extremely waterproof and has a huge operating temperature range. From laptops to 5G cabling to firefighting equipment, and even on the Mars rover, ePTFE can be found. High-performance notebook computers also use ePTFE for thermal insulation. When playing a resource-intensive game or processing 4K video, the laptop becomes very hot, so it is usually necessary to reduce the performance to reduce the speed and avoid burning the processor. When mixed with aerogel insulators, ePTFE can help insulate high temperatures. Thin and flexible heat-insulating sheets made of this material can currently be found in laptops such as Dell XPS13. It is located under the heat pipe, which prevents heat from rising through the chassis, and guides the heat out through the fan instead of letting heat reach the keyboard. ePTFE can not only withstand the extreme high temperature, but also can work normally at minus 196 degrees (minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit). Compared with other materials that lose strength and break in extreme cold conditions, ePTFE material is suitable for making freezer bags, suitable for storage and freezing. Of special, expensive biological drugs. ePTFE is even suitable for use in the human body. Currently used for stents to open arteries, this material is inert, so the patient's body will not reject this material.