If nothing sticks to teflon, how is teflon made to stick to frying pans?
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the surface of the frying pan is etched so it has lots of holes, like the loops side of Velcro.  Then the teflon is made right on the pan, so it's mechanically bonded to the pan by filling the loops.
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Teflon is an organic polymer (PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene. It  was discovered on April 6, 1938 by Dr. Roy Plunkett at the DuPont research laboratories (Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey). Plunkett was working with gases related to Freon® refrigerants when upon checking a frozen, compressed sample of tetrafluoroethylene, he and his associates discovered that the sample had polymerized spontaneously into a white, waxy solid to form polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE. \n\nPTFE was first marketed under the DuPont Teflon ® trademark in 1945. The molecular weight of Teflon can exceed 30,000,000, making it one of the largest molecules known. The surface is so slippery, virtually nothing sticks to it or is absorbed by it. No wonder Teflon was choosen to be used on non-stick cooking pans. \n\nGraphite is a essentially a form of pure carbon, totally inorganic, and naturally occurring.
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Super glue can stick to its tube, and it does stick to its tube, as anyone who has ever left a tube with the lid off knows.\n\nIt doesn't stick inside the tube because it remains a liquid until it is exposed to air.
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Some recent studies and lawsuits have identified teflon with certain ailments and diseases. Corning just lost a multi million dollar lawsuit for faulty teflon.
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It means sticking. Tape or glue is adherent meaning it sticks things together.
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The moisture in the "glue" must evapourate before it can bond.  The inside of the container is not airtight, however there is insufficient air and heat to facillitate evaporation.  Hence, the "glue" is kept in liquid or solid (as in the case of a glue stick) form.  Also, the containers are plastic which doesnt have high affinitiy for many chemicals, further reducing bonding.
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teflon is a coating. I think it is sprayed on. It becomes a non-stick surface after it dries.
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It is a registered trademark of the DuPont corporation.  \n\nIts chemical name is polymer of tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)\n\nOne might surmise that Teflon is a condensation of TE from tetra, FL from flouro an ON just as a chemical material suffix (like carbON, borON, neON, argON, etc.)  Keep in mind that there isn't any standard for trade names, it's probably something that the marketing people came up with that "stuck" for naming Teflon.  (Yes, bad pun)
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It depends, is Teflon a nice guy?\n\nSeriously if you  should happen to see that the Teflon is starting to wear, get rid of the pan and buy a new one.  The real dander with all the hype is when the particles come loose and go into the food.\n\nA pan in good condition is of little to no concern.\n\nRemember almost 300,000 people died from car accidents last year, but we still get in our cars.\n \nI don't know of anyone who has died from Teflon frying pans.
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>water evaporated at 100 degree Celsius.\n>oil remain for longer hour evaporated  (i.e) why people use oil to fry.
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scratches from the wrong untensils (never use metal on teflon coating) scrubbing them with brillo pads is also a big no no and even the smallest dent from ther pots and pans in yur cupboard will cause the coating to some loose. just like a cars paint one little scratch or ding or dent and it is all over.
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W did one this year.  It was fantastic.  NOT greasy at all !  Let me see? 4 - 8 hrs of baking, or 45 mins in the fryer?\n\nUpdate - Frying a turkey does NOT make it dry.  In fact, the one we fried this past Thanksgiving was one of the most moist I have ever had.  \n\nAs far as smelling hot oil goes, do you mean the bird or the house?  Either way I can answer.  \n\nThe bird did NOT smell like hot oil at all, in fact it smelled wonderful !  As far as the house goes, it COULD NOT smell of hot oil, as they fryer is used outdoors.\n\nUpdate again!  Just thawed out the leftovers, made homemade turkey soup....Was the best I have EVER made.
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Spray on coating or clad in fire protective material.\n\nNot sre what your question actally is though :-)
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Teflon is a carbon-based organic molecular polymer (also known as a plastic).  Silicon is an element- silicon and carbon are similar in many charactaristics.  You may be asking about silicone, which is a polymer consisting of the element silicon and others.  Teflon is a very stable, low friction, high melting point plastic.  Silicone is a non=newtonian fluid used for lubrication.
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make a mini lava-lamp-like thingy.  get a cup, fill it about 3/4 full.  add food coloring, if u want.  pour a layer of oil about a centimeter thick.  then, pour salt, sugar, or sand, or all three on top of the oil.  it'll go up and down for a while, then the solid will settle at the bottom and the oil float stay on top.
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Water molecules are polar (they have a positively charged end and a negatively charged end), and they can strongly attract one another. At the surface of the water, the molecules attract their neighbors beside and below them. The mesh of attracting molecules makes the surface harder to pierce or expand. Pure water doesn't foam when it boils because it's hard to stretch the surface out to make bubbles. The phenomenon is called "surface tension".\n\nNow drop some pasta in the pot. As it cooks, organic materials (proteins, among other things) are released into the cooking water. Some of these organics have hydrocarbon parts that don't dissolve in water, and polar parts that do dissolve. They collect on the surface of the cooking water, with the polar pieces sticking into the water and the hydrocarbon pieces pointing upwards. The tight mesh of attracting water molecules is disrupted. It becomes much easier to expand the surface into bubbles. As the water boils, foam starts to form on the surface. (Soap makes suds in a similar way.)\n\nDrop a teaspoon of olive oil into the pot. The oil won't mix well with the water, and many tiny oil droplets are formed. The oil droplets at the surface act as bubble breakers. When a bubble of foam starts to form, it encounters an oil droplet. The part of the bubble that encountered the oil droplet has a much different surface tension than the rest of the bubble, and the stress pops the bubble before it gets very large.\n\nA little dab of butter or vegetable oil will work just as well.
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Its not truly 'non-stick' teflon til the manufacturing process is complete, that is til the teflon coating has been sealed onto the pan.