Functionalization is employed for surface modification of industrial materials in order to achieve desired surface properties such as water repellent coatings for automobile windshields and non-biofouling, hydrophilic coatings for contact lenses.

The standard field uniform for Libyan paratroopers ( Army commandos ) was a two-piece camouflage uniform made of water repellent cotton.

Other naturally derived lubricants include lanolin ( wool grease, a natural water repellent ).

Lanolin is a natural water repellent, derived from sheep wool grease, and is an alternative to the more common petro-chemical based lubricants.

The surface layer of silicon dioxide on the wafer reacts with HMDS to form tri-methylated silicon-dioxide, a highly water repellent layer not unlike the layer of wax on a car's paint.

* It can be used to coat corrosion-prone items such as metallic trinkets, non-stainless steel blades, and gun barrels prior to storage as it serves as an excellent and inexpensive water repellent.

The best way to prevent tularemia infection is to wear rubber gloves when handling or skinning wild lagomorphs and rodents, avoid ingesting uncooked wild game and untreated water sources, wear long-sleeved clothes, and use an insect repellent to prevent tick bites.

Their integument is finely sculpted with little pits ; it is hard and elastic and produces a water repellent waxy outer layer, constantly supplemented.

In recent years in Australia and New Zealand, Linseed oil has been incorporated in preservative formulations as a solvent and water repellent to ' envelope treat ' timber.

) The function of linseed oil as a preservative is believed to be related to its action as a water repellent and drying agent rather than a direct biocidal activity.

The plants are typically red, and have very small water repellent leaves.

It is a little larger than an impala with elongated hooves and a water repellent substance on their legs that enables rapid movement through knee deep water.

It can also be used as a natural insect repellent or pesticide when mixed with water.

water repellent treated Aramid ( Kevlar 29 ) fabric.

shoulder pads and front closure flap of the vest are water repellent treated 8 oz.

The leaves of nelumbo are highly water repellent ( superhydrophobic ).

Floods can be exacerbated by fires during the previous dry season, which cause soils which are sandy or composed of loam to become hydrophobic, or repellent of water.

The Marine Band Crossover also features the same reeds, but is made on a bamboo comb that is water repellent.

The uniform distribution of CSD in the mix may render the resulting CMU water repellent, as CSD particles are well distributed in the pores of the unit to interfere with the capillary movement of water.

The lifejackets suited for this purpose are often attached to a vest with pockets and attachment points for distress signaling and survival aids, for example: a handheld two-way radio ( walkie-talkie ), emergency beacon ( 406 MHz frequency ), signal mirror, sea marker dye, smoke or light signal flares, strobe light, first-aid supplies, concentrated nutritional items, water purification supplies, shark repellent, knife, pistol.

In earlier times it was often used as a water repellent coating for boats, ships, and roofs.

The Modèle 1947 paratroopers uniform kept on being produced in grey-green material ( water repellent and herringbone ) until 1969 and was replaced by the Modèle 1964.

A surface layer of brackish water discharges 940 km³ per year into the North Sea.

Due to the difference in salinity, a sub-surface layer of more saline water moving in the opposite direction brings in 475 km³ per year.

The material of the boat hull may be denser than water, but if this is the case then it forms only the outer layer.

While substantial water was detected spectroscopically, it was not as much as predicted beforehand, meaning that either the water layer thought to exist below the clouds was thinner than predicted, or that the cometary fragments did not penetrate deeply enough.

The waves were thought to be travelling within a stable layer acting as a waveguide, and some scientists believed the stable layer must lie within the hypothesised tropospheric water cloud.

However, other evidence seemed to indicate that the cometary fragments had not reached the water layer, and the waves were instead propagating within the stratosphere.

Before the impact, models of Jupiter's atmosphere had indicated that the break-up of the largest fragments would occur at atmospheric pressures of anywhere from 30 kilopascals to a few tens of megapascals ( from 0. 3 to a few hundred bar ), with some predictions that the comet would penetrate a layer of water and create a bluish shroud over that region of Jupiter.

Astronomers did not observe large amounts of water following the collisions, and later impact studies found that fragmentation and destruction of the cometary fragments in an ' airburst ' probably occurred at much higher altitudes than previously expected, with even the largest fragments being destroyed when the pressure reached, well above the expected depth of the water layer.

Cetaceans are nearly hairless, and are insulated from the cooler water they inhabit by a thick layer of blubber.

The vapor mixture is cooled and condensed, usually yielding a layer of oil and a layer of water.

By 1975, the upper water layer was saltier than the lower layer.

At the air base near Tapa, site of the worst damage, officials estimated that six square kilometers of land were covered by a layer of fuel ; 11 square kilometers of underground water were said to be contaminated.

Buon fresco technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh ( hence the name ) lime mortar or plaster, for which the Italian word for plaster, intonaco, is used.

Construction of a high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell | PEMFC: Bipolar plate as electrode with in-milled gas channel structure, fabricated from conductive composite material | composite s ( enhanced with graphite, carbon black, carbon fiber, and / or carbon nanotube s for more conductivity ); Porous carbon papers ; reactive layer, usually on the polymer membrane applied ; polymer membrane. Condensation of water produced by a PEMFC on the air channel wall.

The early 20th century saw the development of photozincography, which allowed maps to be split into layers, for example one layer for vegetation and another for water.

The highly structural and organized cortex, or middle layer of the hair, is the primary source of mechanical strength and water uptake.

Its complex structure slides as the hair swells and is covered with a single molecular layer of lipid that makes the hair repel water.

Hail forms in strong thunderstorm clouds, particularly those with intense updrafts, high liquid water content, great vertical extent, large water droplets, and where a good portion of the cloud layer is below freezing.

When the hailstone moves into an area with a high concentration of water droplets, it captures the latter and acquires a translucent layer.