
Roy J. Plunkett was an "American chemist and inventor of Teflon (the DuPont trademark name for Polytetrafluoroethylene or PTFE). His discovery, while working for DuPont, was accidental. On 6 Apr 1938, Plunkett found that a tank of gaseous tetrafluoroethylene (CF2CF2) had polymerized to a white powder. During WW II this new polymer was applied as a corrosion-resistant coating to protect metal equipment used in the production of radioactive material. DuPont released its trademarked Teflon coated nonstick cookware in 1960."
Frankly, I never liked Teflon coated products. I will stay with the cast iron.
Polytetrafluoroethylene [Wikipedia]
Roy J. Plunkett [Wikipedia]
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