Teflon (PTFE)
Teflón (PTFE)
- Date
- 1938 · confidence high
- Place
- Deepwater, New Jersey, United States (Jackson Laboratory, DuPont)
- Credited to
- Roy Plunkett (DuPont)
- People
- 👤 Roy J. Plunkett1910–1994
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
Polytetrafluoroethylene, discovered by accident, chemically inert and with the lowest known coefficient of friction. It was vital for the Manhattan Project's seals and later for the home.
What it led to
- Uranium separation (resistance to hexafluoride)
- Non-stick frying pans (Tefal, 1954) and Gore-Tex
- Industrial and medical coatings
Built on
- Fluorine1886
- Fluorine chemistry
- Freon refrigerants