tetrafluoroethylene

(ˌtɛtrəˌflʊərəʊˈɛθɪlˌliːn)

(Chemistry) another word for tetrafluoroethene

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tetrafluoroethylene - a flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics (polytetrafluoroethylene resins)

fluorocarbon - a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

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Fluoropolymers that are used as binders in coatings include polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, or Teflon[R]), fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE), polyvinylfluroide (PVF), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE).

Fluoropolymer coatings: experience strong growth in architectural applications

Several of the walkways in Friars Walk will be covered using Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene or ETFE, a fluorine based plastic which was used in the development of the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Landmark development 'game changer' for city

One of the world's leading suppliers of fabric architecture, Structurflex designs, manufactures and installs PVC (polyvinyl chloride), PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) and ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) tensile membrane structures for customers throughout the world.

Structurflex's top Gulf market UAE

Fluon ETFE is a melt processable copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene and is ideal for a wide variety of applications, including wire and cable coatings; semiconductor and electronic components; valves, fittings and pump housings; and tubing and pipe.

AGC Chemicals Americas introduces three Fluon ETFE compounds

A polyethylene tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) mould of cavity dimensions of 200 x 200 x 3 mm was used.

Manufacturing of Kevlar/polyester composite by resin transfer moulding using conventional and microwave heating

Both GORE-TEX and WIN DSTO PPER are films engineered from expanded poly tetrafluoroethylene, a polymer also used to make Teflon, along with other proprietary materials.

The science of staying warm

One of things we worked on with DuPont was polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene using supercritical C02 and a range of copolymers.

The role of diversity in commercializing basic science: convergence and diversity are the keys to innovation in science

KieranTimberlake opted to add a tension ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) membrane as an outer envelope, creating a structured surface that provides a unique appearance, preserves the glass, and eliminated reflection issues.

Bird-friendly building or avian abattoir? Sustainable facilities may be deadly for birds

It will have an ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) roof and the indoor climate will be controlled, she added.

Bahrain breaks ground on $100m corniche project

Hori, "Molecular motion of chain end peroxy radicals of polyethylene molecules tethered on a fresh surface of poly(tetrafluoroethylene)," Macromolecules, vol.

Novel synthesis of cellulose-based diblock copolymer of poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) by mechanochemical reaction