2006-12-07 21:34:30 · 7 answers · asked by torchy2000uk 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
They literally mix Teflon with a liquid hardener, then adhesive to one side. It's a very simple process, if I knew what they used.
2006-12-07 21:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
teflon is nothing but poly tetra fluro ethylene ie ptfe this is a plastic an inert/olefine material but it is melted by lleating upto 350 degrees and then poured over the metal surface so that it quickly gels and get bonded once cooled again it recovers its property of non stick
2006-12-07 21:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by sb r 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sb r is correct, in my student placement year, the company I worked for was making carbon based flat electrodes with lots of surface area and I used a liquid ptfe substance in with the solutions heated up to a couple of hundred oC, this would boil off the liquid solution and create the electrodes with a Teflon coating to "waterproof the electrodes"
2006-12-09 01:31:05 · answer #3 · answered by Paul D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sb r is right, and it is "non stick" in that it has the coefficient of friction of wet ice ie two pieces of flat teflon rubbed against each other give the same resistance as wet ice on wet ice
2006-12-07 21:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by zebbedee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's adhesive when molten but hardens non-stick? That's a good question, and I don't really know the answer!
2006-12-07 21:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by upholstery_obsession 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they use the non stick side, it has to have one, because how would it stick to its self?
2006-12-07 21:37:30 · answer #6 · answered by natasha * 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too true...but then how does it stick to itself!??? Ahhhh??? Ooooo???
2006-12-07 21:40:16 · answer #7 · answered by michael s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋