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 89555...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: 1989.0452.08
label: accession number
content: 1989.0452
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0452.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plenum Cable Sample
label: Object Name
content: Plenum Cable
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, teflon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.3 cm; 8 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 8 3/16 in; 1.905 cm x 20.79625 cm