[DOC] [TLE] Teflon was Invented by Accident - Today I Found Out [PAR] Aug 26, 2011 ... The man who accidentally invented it was Dr. Roy Plunkett. ... According to 
DuPont, in 1938, 27 year old Dr. Plunkett and his assistant, Jack ... Four of the 
most important properties of this substance discovered were that it was... [DOC] [TLE] Roy J. Plunkett | Chemical Heritage Foundation [PAR] Jul 27, 2015 ... Teflon, discovered by Roy J. Plunkett at the DuPont Company's Jackson 
Laboratory in ... He found the substance to be heat resistant and chemically inert, 
and to have very low ... Reenactment of the 1938 discovery of Teflon. [DOC] [TLE] It Has Stuck Around for 53 Years : Product: Decades after a young ... [PAR] Nov 18, 1991 ... These words must have been on the lips of Roy J. Plunkett, ... as he was working 
at the Du Pont Co. laboratory in Deepwater, N.J., on April 6, 1938. ... accidentally 
discovered Teflon in a Du Pont lab, the substance continues to... [DOC] [TLE] The Accidental Inventor | DiscoverMagazine.com [PAR] Oct 1, 1996 ... Roy Plunkett was about to discover Teflon. ... these steps set the stage for 
Plunkett's surprising discovery. ... They stuck a wire through the valve to unclog it, 
but still nothing ... anything else at that point, so intractable was the substance. ... 
Finally, in autumn 1938 the company announced, with enormous... [DOC] [TLE] Non-stick surface - Wikipedia [PAR] A non-stick surface is a surface engineered to reduce the ability of other materials 
to stick to it. ... PTFE was invented serendipitously by Roy Plunkett in 1938, while 
working for a joint venture of the DuPont company. The substance was found to 
have several unique properties, including very good corrosion-resistance and... [DOC] [TLE] STILL STUCK ON TEFLON, AFTER 25 YEARS - NYTimes.com [PAR] Jan 15, 1986 ... The astonishing properties of Teflon pans were to be demonstrated by the owner, 
... formulas, Teflon was not sought out by researchers, but was discovered by 
chance. In 1938, Roy Plunkett, a young Du Pont research chemist, was ... 
Emptying the container, he found a powdery substance, which turned out... [DOC] [TLE] How teflon is made - material, manufacture, making, history, used ... [PAR] PTFE was discovered accidentally in 1938 by a young scientist looking for 
something else. Roy Plunkett was a chemist for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company (Du Pont). ... Du Pont registered the trademark name Teflon for its 
patented substance in 1944, and .... Gorman, J. "Environment's Stuck with 
Nonstick Coatings. [DOC] [TLE] Teflon - History of Teflon - SoftSchools [PAR] Teflon. Crusty, burned, food stuck to the surface of a frying pan, will make even ... 
more commonly known as Teflon, is a commercial substance that makes even 
the ... In 1938, Roy Plunkett of New Jersey went to work at the DuPont chemical 
factory. ... It 1954 it was discovered that Teflon could be used for nonstick 
cookware. [DOC] [TLE] Teflon's Dangers - Web developer [PAR] May 10, 2006 ... PTFE was discovered accidentally by chemist Roy J. Plunkett (1910-1994) of 
DuPont, in 1938, while trying to create a new CFC refrigerant. It turned out that 
the waxy white substance has the lowest coefficient of friction of ... a primer, and 
then covered with Teflon, which gets stuck in microscopic interstices. [DOC] [TLE] Forever Teflon : Viewzone [PAR] Usually a substance will be toxic in proportion to body weight or species -- the ... 
Teflon was discovered by Roy Plunkett in 1938 while he was attempting to 
develop a ... The flourine atoms are stuck so tightly to the carbon chain that 
virtually... [DOC] [TLE] How They Get Teflon to Stick to Pans - Gizmodo [PAR] Oct 27, 2014 ... Saving us from soaking, scraping and scrubbing, Teflon has been a lifesaver (or 
at ... gecko's feet can't stick to), the processes used to get this substance to 
adhere so well to ... Teflon was created by accident in 1938 in Dupont's Jackson

Question: In 1938 Roy Plunkett stuck with it & discovered this non-stick substance
Answer: teflon