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ElectronicsPro1 t1_jdyn8eq wrote

The padding is actually a fine powder (sodium polyacrylate) which absorbs crazy amounts of water. When wet it becomes a sort of snow-like powder, or if wet enough a gel.

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zumwalazi OP t1_jdz08le wrote

Thanks stranger. That makes sense. TIL

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ilovechairs t1_je0vjcc wrote

The parent company, Proctor & Gambol, invests heavily in polymer science research, because that’s how we get the weird interior that absorbs.

If I had any chance of doing this sort of research for a career I would have hopped on it. But alas my dyslexia made chemistry class absolute Hell.

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Neenknits t1_je16b8k wrote

That powder is the same stuff they put in those water cooling neck wrap tube things, and in “core coolers” for dogs. It’s really neat stuff, well, except after a kid pees, of course.

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ChiefPanda90 t1_je0h7dy wrote

Yeah, the utter panic I felt when peeling off my first overly saturated pee pee diaper. There should be a warning.

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akio3 t1_je0xzxt wrote

I remember going to teen events with swimming pools of the stuff. All clothes worn therein were just pitched, as there’s no point in trying to clean the gel out of them.

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