DuPont
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DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is a company headquartered and organized in Delaware that produces products for the healthcare, water, construction and industrial markets. It wa
A marker outside DuPont's Belle Plant in Belle, West Virginia, where ammonia was first synthesized for commercial use
DuPont's Orlon plant in Camden, South Carolina, c. 1950s
Entrance to Washington Works in Washington, West Virginia, formerly owned by DuPont, now owned by Chemours
Polytetrafluoroethylene
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Polytetrafluoroethylene is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, and has numerous applications because it is heat resistant and chemically inert. The commonly known brand name of PTFE-base
DuPont
…the U.S. state of Delaware and first arose as a major supplier of gunpowder. DuPont developed many polymers such as Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kapton, Kevlar, Zemdrain, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona, viton, Corfam and Lycra in the 20th century, and its scientists developed many chemicals, most…
Advertisement of the Happy Pan, a Teflon-coated pan from the 1960s
Advertisement for Zepel, the trade name used to market Teflon as a fabric treatment
PTFE thermal cover showing impact craters, from NASA's Ultra Heavy Cosmic Ray Experiment (UHCRE) on the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)
PTFE is often used to coat non-stick pans as it is hydrophobic and possesses fairly high heat resistance.