Non-stick surface
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A non-stick surface is a surface engineered to reduce the ability of other materials to stick to it. A non-stick coating may be applied to a substrate to produce such a surface.

Teflon

Teflon is a trademark of DuPont used to refer to their non-stick products.

• Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a synthetic fluoropolymer which finds numerous applications. PTFE's most well known trademark in the industry is the DuPont brand name Teflon. Perfluorooctanoic acid is an artificial acid, one of its most common uses is for processing polytetrafluoroethylene. See also, Polymer fume fever.
• Perfluoroalkoxy, another fluoropolymer with properties similar to PTFE, also sold under the Teflon brand name
• Fluorinated ethylene propylene, "Teflon FEP"

See also

• Teflon coated bullet
• Tefal
• Teflon tape
• Teflon (nickname)
• Silpat
• Electroless nickel plating
• Lunac (alloy and trans-ceramic coatings)

External links

• "Science plans 'non-stick' submarine", bbc.co.uk, 10 October, 2003
• "'Virtually non-stick' gum created", Rebecca Morelle and Liz Seward, BBC News, 13 September 2007

References

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