Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, and has numerous applications because it is chemically inert. The commonly known brand name of PTFE-based composition is Teflon by Chemours, a spin-off from DuPont, which originally invented the compound in 1938. Polytetrafluoroethylene is a fluorocarbon solid, as it is a high-molecular-weight polymer consisting wholly of carbon and fluorine. PTFE is hydrophobic: neither water nor water-containing substances wet PTFE, as fluorocarbons exhibit only small London dispersion forces due to the low electric polarizability of fluorine. PTFE has one of the lowest coefficients of friction of any solid.
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and has numerous applications because it is chemically inert The commonly known brand name of PTFE-based composition is Teflon by Chemours a spin-off from DuPont which originally invented the compound in 1938 Polytetrafluoroethylene is a fluorocarbon solid as it is a high-molecular-weight polymer consisting wholly of carbon and fluorine PTFE is hydrophobic neither water nor water-containing substances wet PTFE as fluorocarbons exhibit only small London dispersion forces due to the low electric polarizability of fluorine PTFE has one of the lowest coefficients of friction of any solid