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The original form of Teflon® is polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE. The molecular structure of Teflon® is based on a chain of carbon atoms, the same as all polymers. Unlike some other fluoropolymers, in Teflon® this chain is completely surrounded by fluorine atoms. The bond between carbon and fluorine is very strong, and the fluorine atoms shield the vulnerable carbon chain. This unusual structure gives Teflon® its unique properties.

Yes, Teflon® non-stick products are safe. Prior to market introduction, DuPont non-stick coatings were subjected to studies at the DuPont Haskell Laboratory for Health & Environmental Sciences.  Cooks in more than 40 countries around the world have purchased and used billions of pots and pans with DuPont non-stick coatings.

For information regarding the chemical resistance of Teflon® please see our Chemical Compatibility Data.

The first products sold under the Teflon® trademark came on the market after World War II and were used to make machined parts for industrial applications.

A substance considered important enough to land its discoverer in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, an innovation that almost slipped away! In a DuPont laboratory back in 1938, Roy J. Plunkett was researching refrigeration gases. He had connected a cylinder of freon 1114, or tetrafluoroethylene, to his equipment, but nothing came out. Rather than throw the cylinder away, he weighed it and found that the actual weight exceeded the figure on the target weight.

Non-stick coatings are applied in layers, just like paint. The first layer is the primer and it is the special chemistry in the primer that makes it adhere to the metal surface of the pan. The primer will adhere either to a substrate that is prepared by grit blasting or roughening the surface, or it can be applied over a smooth substrate. Click Here to view how it works.

This?data sheet pertains to the U.S. Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations governing the use of fluoroadditives as articles or components of articles intended for use in contact with food.

DuPont makes Teflon® at manufacturing plants in Parkersburg, West Virginia; Shimizu, Japan; and Dordrecht, the Netherlands. No.? Fluoropolymer resins (a.k.a. DuPontTM Teflon®) have been used in various applications in the?US space program, including heat shields,?blankets, space suits and cargo hold liners, but?their invention?in 1938 and commercial use by 1946 significantly predate the space program.

Retailers carrying Teflon® branded car care products include; O'Reilly's, VIP Auto, NAPA, Strauss, Carquest and Pep Boys.? For more information please contact Tenneco Automotive toll-free 866-CAR-4665 (866-227-4665).

Teflon® Fabric Protector provides advanced stain and soil protection for apparel and home furnishings.? Please click here for?more information.

All DuPont products are proven safe before they are sold. Cookware made with Teflon® non-stick coatings are safe for everday consumer and commercial use. Please click here for more information on PFOA.

Due to the substrate preparation, baking/layering/spraying application and curing process that is required to apply DuPont non-stick coatings to cookware and household appliances, DuPont is not able to manufacture a "spray on" Teflon® coating.

Teflon® was first used to make cookware non-stick in the early 1960's. Since then cooks in more than 40 countries around the world have purchased billions of pots and pans with DuPont non-stick coatings for home and commercial use.

DuPont markets Teflon® fluoropolymers into the electronics, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, transportation, chemical processing, housewares, and apparel industries.

Call the DuPont Product Information Center at 1-800-441-7515, or e-mail us by choosing the area of DuPont Teflon® that interests you on www.dupont.com/teflon/chemical/contact.html.

Yes. IKEA follows recommendations and continues to work with relevant authorities worldwide, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA). "The EPA wants to emphasise that it does not have any indication that the public is being exposed to PFOA through the use of Teflon-coated or other trademarked nonstick cookware." (EPA website) IKEA installs the PATRULL corner bumpers on our low furniture displays.

Yes, but this product has been specifically tested and designed to guarantee performance only when used as a slow cooker liner, so no ties or oven cooking instructions have been included.

Yes. Research shows that products made with Teflon® are safe. Most recently, a peer-reviewed study confirmed that consumer products manufactured with the company’s materials are safe to use (see related news). The study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, concluded that there is no risk to consumers from the use of products that contain trace levels of PFOA. For a full copy of this study, please click here. 

Due to the substrate preparation, baking/layering/spraying application and curing process that is required to apply DuPont non-stick coatings to cookware and household appliances, DuPont is not able to manufacture a "spray on" Teflon® coating. If you are interested in talking with a Licensed Industrial Applicator about recoating a product, please check our website for the one nearest you: http://www2.dupont.com/Teflon_Industrial/en_US/products/product_by_type/coatings/index.html.

Call the DuPont Product Information Center at 1-800-441-7515, or e-mail us by choosing the area of DuPont Teflon® that interests you on www.dupont.com/teflon/chemical/contact.html. Teflon® is a registered trademark of the DuPont Company for many of its fluorine-based products including fluoropolymer resins, films, coatings, additives and other products.

The Primatene® Mist glass canister is plastic-coated because the contents are light sensitive. For this reason, the canister is completely covered by plastic.

All our metal caskets (Premium, Supreme, Ultra, Stainless Steel and Semi-Precious) are made with 'gaskets' and are lined.

Not recommended. It will cope up to 100 degrees C, but should not really be on an oven or hot surface.

Kynar has better chemical resistance and is applied much heavier (with a 5 coat system) which will achieve a coating thickness of .015" - .040". Along with this extra coating, comes better abrasion resistance and a higher price tag. Teflon has good chemical resistance and is applied in a 2 coat system, which will achieve a coating thickness of .002" - .005". The abrasion resistance is not as good as the Kynar coating.

Teflon is a resin discovered by E.I. Dupont in the late 1930's, but was not commercially developed until after WWII. It is now extruded or molded by its licensees. Teflon® is a trade name for several different kinds of flouroplastics, all of them having in common extreme chemical resistance as well as a higher heat range than other plastics. In addition Teflon does not seem to decompose the way other plastics and synthetic rubbers do, no shelf life has yet been determined for Teflon®.

PTFE stands for PolyTetraFluoroEthylene, which is the chemical term for the polymer (CF2)n. Teflon is a registered trademark of DuPont and is used in relation to products manufactured with DuPont's fluoropolymer products. Other manufacturers of PTFE resins and their trademarks are: TEFLON ® is a registered trademark of Dupont. Enflo Corp. proudly serves the U.S., Canada, and International with offices in Bristol, CT and Grand Falls, NB, Canada.