It undergoes cold flow, meaning that a screw may be wrapped in it, screwed in, and it will flow to seal up the empty space.
It undergoes cold flow, meaning that a screw may be wrapped in it, screwed in, and it will flow to seal up the empty space. With a molecular weight of 30,000,000, it is one of the largest molecules known.  It was discovered during work with Freon when a frozen, compressed sample of tetrafluoroethylene was discovered to have polymerized spontaneously into a waxy solid, polytetrafluoroethylene. FTP, Roy Plunkett discovered what polymer, which today is used in non-stick cookware and to label slippery individuals such as John Gotti and Ronald Reagan?
It undergoes cold flow, meaning that a screw may be wrapped in it, screwed in, and it will flow to seal up the empty space.
teflon