PTFE Polymer
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PTFE Forming and Fabrication – Working Speeds
When extreme tolerance must be specified, or when product shapes are very complex, or when just one or two prototypes are required, the machining of [email protected] PTFE resins becomes a logical means of fabrication. All standard operations-turning, facing, boring, drilling, threading, tap...Read more -
PTFE Floss
The Environmental Working Group recommends against using dental floss made with PTFE. The group states that “Exposure to PFCs has been associated with kidney and testicular cancer, high cholesterol, abnormal thyroid hormone levels, pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia, obesity an...Read more -
PTFE Filled Properties
PTFE (PolyTetraFluoroEthylene), a fluorocarbon-based polymer, is also known by Dupont’s brand name polymer® and also as Furon’s brand name Rulon®. It is commonly used in its virgin (unfilled) state. Virgin PTFE is capable in its own right, but when fillers are added, it enhances the material wear...Read more -
PTFE Filament Yarn
PTFE filament yarn has good heat resistance, a high tensile strength and is chemically resistant. Additionally it offers low elongation and excellent abrasion resistance characteristics. PTFE filament can be processed into types of high-performance mesh, fabric, sewing thread, dental floss...Read more -
PTFE Fiber
PTFE is an excellent electrical insulator with good dielectric properties. This is especially true at high radio frequencies, making it eminently suitable for use as an insulator in cables and connector assemblies and as a material for printed circuit boards. Combined with its high melting temper...Read more -
PTFE Uses
PTFE is a fluorocarbon solid, as it is a high-molecular-weight compound consisting wholly of carbon and fluorine. PTFE is hydrophobic: neither water nor water-containing substances wet PTFE, as fluorocarbons demonstrate mitigated London dispersion forces due to the high electronegativity of ...Read more