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The fluoroplastic industry began in 1938. The DuPont Company discovered the fluorocarbon poly-tetra-fluor-ethylene (PTFE). DuPont called the new material Teflon®. Over the past 40 years, the industry has commercialized seven additional fluoroplastics: FEP, PVDF, PFA, ETFE, PCTFE, ECTFE and PVF.
In general the fluoroplastic family offers plastics with chemical resistance, low and high temperature capability, resistance to weathering, low friction properties, electrical and thermal insulation and “slipperiness”. None of the fluoroplastics can be readily joined by gluing or solvent cementing and all of them will burn when exposed to flame.
Meyer Plastics offers eight main classifications of fluoroplastic materials:
ECTFE - Halar® ETFE - Rulon® FEP - PCTFE - Kel-F PFA - PTFE - Teflon® PVDF - Kynar® ENSIKEM® PVF - Kapton®
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