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PTFE - A Look at Teflon

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Post by vipluis Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:37 am

Polytetrafluoroethylene, much better known as PTFE or Teflon, was accidentally invented by Roy Plunkett of Kinetic Chemicals in New Jersey in 1938. Even though Plunkett was attempting to make a new chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerant, the perfluorethylene polymerized in its pressurized storage container, using the iron from the inside of the container acting as a catalyst. Kinetic Chemicals patented it in 1941 and registered the Teflon trademark in 1945, which was a joint venture between DuPont and Common Motors.

In chemistry, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene that finds numerous applications. PTFE is mainly well-known by the DuPont brand name Teflon. PTFE is a fluorocarbon solid, as it really is a high molecular weight compound consisting wholly of carbon and fluorine. PTFE is hydrophobic, meaning substances containing water are expelled as a result of differences in electrical charges, to be more precise as a result of electronegativity of fluorine.

Teflon fluoropolymer products are utilised in industrial and commercial applications, including cabling solutions, pharmaceutical, biopharma manufacturing and semiconductor manufacturing. For example, PTFE is used as a non stick coating for pans as well as other cookware. It's extremely non reactive, partly due to the fact of the strength of carbon fluorine bonds, and so it is usually employed in containers and pipework for reactive and corrosive chemicals. Exactly where utilised as a lubricant, PTFE reduces friction, put on and energy consumption of machinery.

DuPont Teflon resins are developed to fulfill the requirements of a vast array of insulated wire and cable merchandise. This is an ideal selection for insulation and jacketing applications where low flammability, exceptional dielectric properties, high resistance, chemical inertness, and thermal cycling capabilities are essential. This is why the usage of this material in electrical devices and server centers is becoming a normal so as to prevent any form of accidents. This is why this materials is considered one of the greatest innovations of the twentieth century.




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