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2. Polytetrafluoroethylene - Wikipedia

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   In 1954, Colette Grégoire urged her husband, the French engineer Marc Grégoire, to try the material he had been using on fishing tackle on her cooking pans. He subsequently created the first PTFE-coated, non-stick pans under the brand name Tefal (combining "Tef" from "Teflon" and "al" from aluminium). [17]

3. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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   Upon opening the cylinder, they found that the white powder was "packed onto the bottom and lower sides of the cylinder." The sample of gaseous TFE in the cylinder had polymerized spontaneously into a white, waxy solid. The polymer was polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). In 1945, DuPont commercialized PTFE as Teflon.

4. List of synthetic polymers - Wikipedia

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   Bullet-proof body armor, helmets, brake pads, ropes, cables and optical fibre cables, etc. and as an asbestos substitute Mylar: Polyethylene terephthalate film: High strength and stiffness, less permeable to gases, almost reflects light completely: Food packaging, transparent covering over paper, reflector for rollsigns and solar cooking stoves ...

5. FFKM - Wikipedia

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   After manufacturing, they are O-plasma vacuum cleaned (and/or vacuum baked) to reach out-gassing performance similar to Teflon while reaching vacuum leak tightness (permeability rates) similar to FKM compounds. This combination of properties allows FFKM seals to reach well into UHV pressures without the use of metal sealing. However, they are ...

6. What are the deadliest plane accidents? See list after South ...

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   After over 100 people were killed in a South Korea plane accident, here are the worst accidents and crashes in aviation history.

7. FKM - Wikipedia

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   FKM is a family of fluorocarbon-based fluoroelastomer materials defined by ASTM International standard D1418, [1] and ISO standard 1629. [2] It is commonly called fluorine rubber or fluoro-rubber . FKM is an abbreviation of Fluorine Kautschuk Material. [ 3 ]

8. College Football Playoff format changes: What's potentially ...

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   Three years ago, when a small group of college executives chose college football’s 12-team expanded playoff format, they left plenty of other proposals on the cutting-room floor.. Those include ...

9. Man's 'Santa-antics' get him stuck in chimney while running ...

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   A man who was running away from police has been arrested after getting stuck in a chimney while trying to hide from them, authorities said. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Fall River ...