teflon development hausner qucis queensu ca alejo hausner pontificated sorry to split hairs but i just read in the making of the atomic bomb that teflon was developed during world war a sealant was needed for the tubing in which uranium hexafluoride passed as it was gradually enriched by difussion uf is very corrosive and some very inert yet flexible material was needed for the seals to split a split hair i believe that teflon cf monomer was discovered by accident when someone i don t remember found what he thought was a liquid or gas had turned to a solid it just happend to fit the bill for the above use i m crossposting to sci materials so perhaps someone in the know might elaborate james t green jgreen oboe calpoly edu i know you believe you understand what it is that you think i said but i am not sure that you realize that what i said is not what i meant
