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Is teflon a plasticizer

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 3/26/2022

Teflon is a trade name for PolyTetraFluoroEthylene -PTFE. It is made by polymerization of Tetra Fluoro Ethylene CF2=CF2 and thus because it is a synthetic polymer it is generically called a plastic and in addition it has properties of a plastic.

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