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Gel Wristpads-What ARE They Made Of?

Posted by Cliff on from the what's-that-made-of? dept.

JediLuke asks: "We were sitting in the office and tore apart a Fellows Gel Wrist Pad, and inside was this mysterious material that healed itself when you shove a pencil through it. It also has properties similar to those sticky hands from our childhoods...what the hell is this stuff?!" Interesting stuff. We have a few of these in my office, too and they are GREAT. Come to think of it, I've been wondering about these, too.

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  1. Some info on /what/ it is... by SgtPepper · · Score: 5

    Well 3M discribes it as: " Gel composite with oil barrier film"

    Whatever that means, a little more digging you can find out that 3M uses the same gel in their Health care products a little more digging and you find that it's a plain old "Polyurethane Gel" and yes it is used in breast implants as one person noted before ;) Then using the nifty ol ChemFinder We find it is known as C3H8N2O with a chemical mass of 88.109 and CAS RN of 9009-54-5.

    So there ya go that's what's in those things ;)