Fluoroplastics [electronic resource] / J.G. Drobny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drobny, Jiri George.

Series:

Rapra review reports. Report 184 ; v. 16, no. 4.

Rapra review reports. Report 184, 0889-3144 ; v. 16, no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluoropolymers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Fluoropolymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Shawbury, U.K. : Rapra Technology, Ltd., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fluoropolymers were discovered accidentally by Plunkett in 1938. He was working on freon and accidentally polymerised tetrafluoroethylene. The result was polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), more commonly known as Teflon. PTFE is inert to virtually all chemicals and is considered to be the most slippery material in existence - it has the lowest coefficient of friction of any known solid material. These properties have made it one of the most valuable and versatile technologies ever invented, contributing to significant advancements in areas such as aerospace, communications, electronics, industrial

Contents:

Contents; Aim and the Scope; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic Chemistry of Fluoroplastics; 3 Structure - Property Correlations; 4 Properties of Individual Commercial Fluoroplastics; 5 Processing of Fluoroplastics; 6 Applications for Commercial Fluoroplastics; 7 Current Trends and NewDevelopments; Bibliography; Producers and Trade Names ofFluoroplastics; Recent Patents; References; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database; Subject Index; Company Index; Document Delivery Service

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75964-X

9786610759644

1-84735-031-3

OCLC:

247452752