| Section2 = }} In chemistry, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)'s a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene which finds numerous applications. PTFE's most well known by the DuPont brand name Teflon. PTFE's a fluorocarbon solid, as it's a high molecular weight compound consisting wholly of carbon and fluorine. Neither water and water-containing substances nor oil and oil-containing substances are wet by PTFE, as fluorocarbons demonstrate mitigated London dispersion forces due to the high e… (More on Polytetrafluoroethylene)