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Ted: Ted Ed: Why Doesn't Anything Stick to Teflon?

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Teflon was in the spacesuits the Apollo crew wore for the moon landing, in pipes and valves used in the Manhattan project, and it may be in your kitchen, as the nonstick coating on frying pans and cookie sheets. So what is this slippery solid- and why doesn't anything stick to it? Ashwini Bharathula describes the science behind Teflon. [4:44]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice