if nothing sticks to teflon how did they get the teflon to stick to the pan???

Question

im talking about the teflon cooking pans. just for curiosity what do you think??

Answer 1

use two techniques to make Teflon itself stick to surfaces of items such as pots and pans. The first is "sintering," a process similar to melting, in which the Teflon is heated at a very high temperature and pressed firmly onto a surface. When the material cools down to room temperature, however, chances are it will eventually peel away. Chemically modifying the side of the Teflon that you want to have "stick" yields better results. By bombarding it with ions in a high vacuum under an electric field, or "plasma," we can break away many of the fluorine atoms on the surface that we want to make sticky. We can then substitute other groups, such as oxygen, that adhere strongly to surfaces.

Answer 2

Teflon is, scientifically speaking, the slickest thing discovered, (even more than my first boyfriend), and will not actually "stick" to anything. However, it can be forced into adhering to nooks and crannies. Typically, say, for example, a skillet, is sandblasted, then hit with a primer, followed by a coating of Teflon. That's it. I was curious, too, so I yahoo'd and googled until I ran across a neat site: www.coolquiz.com It also gave the date, name of scientist, what he was actually looking for when he discovered it, etc.

Answer 3

They spray it on as a slurry and bake it to an extremely high temperature to bond it to the metal.

Answer 4

Because the pan isn't made of teflon. DUH!