For an example, the lumber you buy at lumberyards has approximately 15 percent moisture in the lumber you buy, and that's after they dry it.

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In absorption mode, the cloth can hold 340 percent of its own weight -- compared to just 18 percent without the polymer's aid -- and when it warms up, it releases the collected moisture as clean and pure potable water.

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