how do they get it to stay attached to the pan?
2007-08-17 02:45:38 · 13 answers · asked by MomToDavid 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
ha ha - well it's probably not teflon on both sides!
2007-08-17 02:48:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make the inside of the pan really rough, so there are lots of tiny little holes, then as the Teflon forms it seeps into all those holes and hardens. It then can't fall out of the holes again, so sticks, like turning a key partway in a lock and then trying to pull it out again.
2007-08-17 09:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by kangaruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is funny you should ask. (Not funny "ha ha" but funny "curious." However, phrased as such, your conundrum is poignant drollery, indeed.)
Teflon, which is DuPont's trademarked name for polytetrafluoroethylene (you are likely better acquainted with its acronymic moniker "PTFE"), is synthesized and then cold set with compounding fillers. This process enables it to be produced, applied, and set on a hard surface.
Returning to the first part of your query, Teflon is not only supposed to be non-stick, it IS non-stick (insofar as it is currently defined). Consider, for example, its coefficient of friction which is 0.1 or less--that is the lowest of any known solid material! And, as you would doubtless expect, it is resistant to van der Waals adhesion.
That's not bad for a material unwittingly discovered in 1938 . . . which likely confirms any suspicion you had regarding Teflon's outgrowth from the U.S. space program. Merely an urban legend.
2007-08-17 10:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by two11ll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm on the Teflon Diet at the moment. I just can't stick to it.
2007-08-17 09:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by Grin Reaper 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ha! Very good. I think they send it through the dog slobber section first. Ever tried to wash off dog slobber? The stuff will adhere to anything and requires an industrial cleaner to remove it.
2007-08-17 09:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by gldnsilnc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its only non-stick on the TOP... the bottom is made of super glue, silly person.
2007-08-17 09:49:21 · answer #6 · answered by Linda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magic.
2007-08-17 10:22:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question!! If you find out let me know-- my eggs keep sticking to it
2007-08-17 09:49:39 · answer #8 · answered by Scatty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is! They get it to stick through grit-blasting. Sounds technical doesn't it?
2007-08-17 09:48:58 · answer #9 · answered by Queen of Beer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sory no information
2007-08-20 13:12:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋