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Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a
fluorocarbon with the
chemical formula C2F4. It is the
simplest perfluorinated alkene. This
gaseous species is used primarily...
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Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a
synthetic fluoropolymer of
tetrafluoroethylene, and has
numerous applications because it is
chemically inert. The...
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Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) is a fluorine-based plastic. It was
designed to have high
corrosion resistance and
strength over a wide temperature...
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tetrafluoroethylene.
Hexafluoropropylene is used as a
chemical intermediate.
Hexafluoropropylene can be
produced by
pyrolysis of
tetrafluoroethylene:...
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Nafion is a
brand name for a
sulfonated tetrafluoroethylene based fluoropolymer-copolymer
synthesized in 1962 by Dr.
Donald J.
Connolly at the DuPont...
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Perfluoroalkoxy alkanes (PFA) are fluoropolymers. They are
copolymers of
tetrafluoroethylene (C2F4) and
perfluoroethers (C2F3ORf,
where Rf is a perfluorinated...
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ethylene propylene (FEP) is a
copolymer of
hexafluoropropylene and
tetrafluoroethylene. It
differs from the
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
resins in that...
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intermediate in
industrial organofluorine chemistry, e.g. as a
precursor to
tetrafluoroethylene.
Worldwide production of R-22 in 2008 was
about 800 Gg per year,...
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recently hired DuPont Ph.D., Roy J. Plunkett.
While working with
tetrafluoroethylene gas to
develop refrigerants, he
noticed that a
previously pressurized...
- City Publishers. ISBN 9781941478592. US 2230654, Plunkett, Roy J, "
Tetrafluoroethylene polymers",
issued 4
February 1941 "Alexander Fleming: Fleming's...
