Tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene

S. V. Gangal, "Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers, Tetrafluoroethylene—Hexafluoropropylene Copolymers," inj. I. Kroschwitz, ed., Enjclopedia of Polymer S cience and Engineering 2nd ed., Vol. 16, John Wiley Sons, Inc., New York, 1989, pp. 601—613. 

D. Fluorocarbon Polymers. Four different fluorocarbons account for the bulk of the laboratory applications polytetrafluoroethylene, Teflon PTFE po-ly(chlorotrifluoroethylene), KEL-F tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, Teflon FEP and tetrafluoroethylene-perfluorovinyl ether copolymer, PFA. These polymers are inert with most chemicals and solvents at room temperature and exceptionally inert with oxidizing agents. They also have an exceptional resistance to temperature extremes. However, they are decomposed by liquid alkali metals, solutions of these metals in liquid ammonia, and carban-ion reagents such as butyllithium. Teflon retains some of its compliance at liquid hydrogen temperature. The maximum temperature which is recommended for continuous service is 260°C for Teflon PTFE and PFA, and about 200°C for Kel-F and Teflon FEP. 

Terpolymer of Tetrafluoroethylene, Hexafluoropropylene, and Vinylidene Fluoride (THV Fluoroplastic)... 

There are a number of other polymers in this family including polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), polyvinylidene fluoride, ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE), tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene/vi-nylidene fluoride terpolymers, and chlorotrifluo-roethylene/vinyl ether copolymers. 

Radiation-induced curing of plastic coatings has been discussed,8 and radiation-induced polymerization in the solid state reported.87 The radiation chemistry of epoxy-containing electron resists88 and polycondensation induced by ionizing radiation in the urea-formaldehyde system88 have been described. Radiation-induced copolymerization of the following pairs of monomers has been achieved ethylene-hexafluoropropylene,80 tetrafluoroethylene-propylene,81 tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene,82 hexafluoroacetone-a-olefins,83 MMA-di- and tri-methacrylates,84 styrene-acrylonitrile,85 buta-1,3-diene-acrylonitrile,88 and acenaphthylene-vinylcarbazole.87... 

HUT Hutchenson, K.W., Henry s law coefficients for monomers and selected solvents in amorphous tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 48, 1028, 2003. 

Tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, vinyl fluoride, vinylidene fluoride, perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether Free-radical-initiated chain polymerization Coatings for chemical process equipment, cable insulation, electrical components, nonsticking surfaces for cookware... 

Copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene were developed in attempts to provide materials with the general properties of PTFE and the melt process-ability of the more conventional thermoplastics. Two such copolymers are tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene (TFE-HFP) copolymers (Teflon FEP resins by Du Pont FEP stands for fluorinated ethylene propylene) with a melting point of 290°C and tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene (ETFE) copolymers (Tefzel by Du Pont) with a melting point of 270°C. These products are melt processable. A number of other fluorine containing melt processable polymers have been introduced. 

Tetrafluoroethylene Copolymers. Tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer (FEP)and tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkoxyethylene (PFA) are used as dispersion coatings in the same way as PTFE, taking advantage of their low melt viscosity and low viscosity at baking temperature. 

The question about the existence and the stability of pure carbon chain polymers has been repeatedly discussed in many papers. These polymers are called carbynes and are believed to consist of alternating triple and single bonds (polyynes) rather than of non alternating double bonds (polycumulenes) because of the lower ground state energy of the former. Thus, vibrational spectra of such materials are characterized by a more or less expressed structure around 2000 cm which is typical for the triple bond. A very efficient way to obtain such triple bonded carbon polymers nses an internal electrochemical reduction of fluorinated polymers such as poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) or poly(tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene) (FEP) by alkali metal amalgam according to the reaction... 

E/TFE = ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene, E/CTFE = ethylene/chlorotrifluoroethylene, EPE = oxide, E/VAL = ethylene/vinyl alcohol, FEP = tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene, FU = furan, pA = polyamide, PCTFE = polychlorotrifluoroethyl-ene, HDPE = high-density polyethylene, PF = propylene formaldehyde, PFA = perfluoro alkoxyalkane, PP = polypropylene, PTFE = polytetrafluoroethylene, PUR = polyurethane, PVC = polyvinyl chloride, PVDF = polyvinylidene fluoride, UP = unsaturated polyester, UP-GF = fiberglass-reinforced unsaturated polyester, VE-GF = fiberglass-reinforced vinyl ester, FU-GF = fiberglass-reinforced furane, EP-GF = fiberglass-reinforced ester, CR = chloroprene rubber, CSM = chlo-rosulfonyl polyethylene, FPM = vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, HR = isobutane-isoprene rubber, NBR = nitrile-butadiene rubber, NR = natural rubber, SBR = styrene-butadiene rubber. 

Tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer carbon dioxide and snUur hexaflnoride carbon dioxide and triflnoromethane triflnoromethane and snUur hexaflnoride 1999MER 1999MER 1999MER... 

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