Author : Jiri George Drobny
Release : 2006
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 077/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fluoroplastics by : Jiri George Drobny
Download or read book Fluoroplastics written by Jiri George Drobny. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluoropolymers were discovered accidentally by Plunkett in 1938. He was working on freon and accidentally polymerised tetrafluoroethylene. The result was polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), more commonly known as Teflon. PTFE is inert to virtually all chemicals and is considered to be the most slippery material in existence - it has the lowest coefficient of friction of any known solid material. These properties have made it one of the most valuable and versatile technologies ever invented, contributing to significant advancements in areas such as aerospace, communications, electronics, industrial.