https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl teflon=life en-us 2017-01-24 16:55:34 UTC 2025-12-08 03:44:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Playcontrol.png pierce_lowe https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149084023 teflon is a slick substance used in many things including non stick pan coatings, hair spray, clothing, and robotic limb]]> 2017-01-24 16:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149084023 pierce_lowe https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149085291 2017-01-24 16:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149085291 pierce_lowe https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149086611 Roy Plunkett is the inventor of teflon he was born in New Carlisle he got a phd in chemestry in his own words:On the morning of April 6, 1938, Jack Rebok, my assistant, selected one of the TFE cylinders that we had been using the previous day and set up the apparatus ready to go. When he opened the valve — to let the TFE gas flow under its own pressure from the cylinder — nothing happened...We were in a quandary. I couldn't think of anything else to do under the circumstances, so we unscrewed the valve from the cylinder. By this time it was pretty clear that there wasn't any gas left. I carefully tipped the cylinder upside down, and out came a whitish powder down onto the lab bench. We scraped around some with the wire inside the cylinder...to get some more of the powder. What I got out that way certainly didn't add up, so I knew there must be more, inside. Finally...we decided to cut open the cylinder. When we did, we found more of the powder packed onto the bottom and lower sides of the cylinder.]]> 2017-01-24 17:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149086611 pierce_lowe https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149088262 the scientific name for teflon is Polytetrafluoroethylene or ptfe.Teflon has been used to coat bullet cases to reduce the amount of wear on the barrel of the gun when fired. In 1982, this coating was thought to have enabled bullets to pierce through armour. However it was not the nonstick coating which could pierce through armour worn by police in the US, but the type of bullets which were used. Unlike other guns, the weapons using Teflon coated bullets fired brass rounds, rather than soft lead. Obviously brass is able to pierce through armour far easier than lead. ]]> 2017-01-24 17:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149088262 pierce_lowe https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149088994 2017-01-24 17:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pierce_lowe/lcnn3toubjgl/wish/149088994