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|  | Sefar can provide the following hydrophobic surface modifications: |  |  |
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.Surface modification
. |  | .Standard coating
. |  | .Super coating
. |  | .Plasma coating
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| .Technology |  | standard hydrophobic coating, wet-chemical technology |  | super hydrophobic coating, nano-technology |  | plasma hydrophobic coating |
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| .Properties |  | coating thickness
< 1 µm, water and dust repellant surface |  | coating thickness
< 1 µm, water and dust repellant surface |  | permanent coating, thin coating (several nm), water and dust repellant surface |
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| .Advantages |  | good hydrophobic properties |  | highly hydrophobic properties, good bonding to fabric surface |  | permanent bonding, wide range of surface modifications and substrates possible |
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| .Restrictions |  | not possible on PP fabrics |  | not possible on PP fabrics, ultrasonic welding restricted depending on fabric type |  | not possible for metallized surfaces |
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| .Typical applications |  | mobile phones,
fuel filter,
architecture fabrics |  | fuel filter,
hydraulic filter, coalescer |  | coalescer,
fuel filter |
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| .Sefar documentation |  | Sefar solutions for |  | Sefar solutions for |  | Sefar solutions for |
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.Testing method
. |  | 1) contact angle |  | contact angle |  | contact angle |
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 |  | 2) hydrostatic water column |  |  |  |  |
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| .Typical test values |  | 1) depending on fabric type between 80 - 120 ° |  | depending on fabric type between
100 - 140 ° |  | depending on fabric type between
80 - 120 ° |
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 |  | 2) depending on fabric type between 1 and 16 cm |  |  |  |  |
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