Teflon

white powder, or white solid with a slippery feel

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How Rhode Island Manufacturing Helped Men Land on the Moon

DuPont's Ashton Mill in Rhode Island produced fire-resistant Beta cloth from fiberglass and Teflon for Apollo astronaut spacesuits following the Apollo 1 tragedy. This material remains in use by NASA

The Providence Journal · 2026-07-13 08:39

Product Info

Name (EN)	Polytetrafluoroethylene
CAS No.	9002-84-0
Molecular Formula	(C2F4)x
HS Code	3904610000
Type	product
Application	Polytetrafluoroethylene has been used in many production and domestic applications, where acid, base and organic solvent resistance are required, and is used to make non-stick POTS and dry transformers. Polytetrafluoroethylene has a soft texture and is therefore often used as a coating. When it was
Other Names (EN)	Ethene,1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-,homopolymer;Ethylene,tetrafluoro-,polymers;Ethene,tetrafluoro-,homopolymer;Fluon;Fluoroflex;Polytetrafluoroethylene;Teflon;Fluon G 4;Fluoroplast 4B;Fluoroplast 4;Polyflon;Polytef;Polyfene;PTFE;Poly(ethylene tetrafluoride);Fluoroplast 4D;Valflon;Halon G 700;Tetrafluoroethy
Description	white powder, or white solid with a slippery feel