RECEPTACLE HAVING PREPACKED AND COMPRESSED THEREIN A NORMALLY SOLID CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC POLYMERS CONTAINING AMPHIPHILLIC MOLECULES FOR USE IN APPLYING PROTECTIVE THIN FILMS OF AMPHIPHILLIC MOLECULES ON SURFACES OF NON-METALLIC ARTICLES BY HEATING THE RECEPTACLE IN A VACUUM CHAMBER TO EVAPORATE THE NORMALLY SOLID COMPOSITION INTO A LIQUID VAPOR WHICH THEN CONDENSES ON THE SURFACES OF ARTICLES IN THE VACUUM CHAMBER TO ALLOW THE AMPHIPHILLIC MOLECULES IN THE LIQUID CONDENSED VAPOR TO SELF- ASSEMBLE AND ATTACH TO THE SURFACES OF THE NON-METALLIC ARTICLES AND SOLIDIFY INTO A PROTECTIVE THIN FILM OF AMPHIPHILLIC MOLECULES
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