Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Helps Winter Olympics Athletes Show Their Style
The Beijing Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women's U-shaped Field Skills Qualifying Tournament ended on February 17. The Chinese team's Gu Ailing ranked first and easily advanced. Zhang Kexin and Li Fanghui ranked fifth and seventh respectively and also successfully entered the final. While cheering for the athletes, we also need to note that the success of the athletes is inseparable from the support of the hero behind the scenes - the ski suit. And in this little ski suit, the power of high-tech fluoropolymers is hidden.
Ski suits need to have three basic functions: waterproof, breathable and warm. When athletes ski, they spend most of their time dealing with ice and snow. If the water resistance of the ski suit is not good, the snow water left on the clothes is likely to penetrate into the clothes, and if the air permeability is not good, the sweat cannot be diffused, which puts forward higher requirements on the clothing material. And high-performance polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) can solve this problem almost perfectly: the film with high-performance polytetrafluoroethylene composition is windproof, waterproof and breathable, and light, thin and wear-resistant, which is used in ski suits. This kind of film can not only discharge the sweat of the athletes in time, but also resist the snow and cold wind, and help the athletes to show their style and level.
In addition, PTFE also plays a key role in other fields. In the new energy vehicle system, PTFE can be used as a component of dry film lubricant. After introduction, it can significantly improve the noise, reduce the wear of the brake system, keep the brake system clean and self-cleaning, and prolong the service life of the brake system. In the field of 5G communication, high-frequency low-loss PTFE resin has been successfully applied to coaxial cables and high-frequency microwave circuit copper clad laminates due to its excellent heat resistance, electrical insulation and c