Plenum Cable
notes: label: Description
content: Teflon, a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, was discovered, accidentally, by a chemist at DuPont in 1938. Kinetic Chemicals, an off-shoot of the firm, patented the new plastic in 1941, and registered the Teflon trademark in 1945. Wire and cable accounted for the biggest single use for Teflon.
label: Description
content: This plenum cable sample is covered with Teflon. An inscription reads "Belden-E 89880 Ethernet...Made with DuPont Teflon Fluorocarbon resin."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0452.06
label: accession number
content: 1989.0452
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0452.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plenum Cable
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, teflon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm; 12 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 13 in; 2.8575 cm x 33.02 cm