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Avon Patents Composition To Impart Superhydrophobicity

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Patent No. 8,999,307 B2; Avon has patented a method for rendering keratin fiber water-repellant. It entails applying a composition comprising one hydrophobic particulate material consisting of octylsilyl-functionalized fumed alumina; a second hydrophobic particulate material having a coefficient of dynamic friction less than 0.5 that contains spherical particles of a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinylchloride, polyviny...

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