Ananlisis

Technology of

FLUOROPOLYMERS
Second Edition

Technology of

FLUOROPOLYMERS
Second Edition

Jiri George Drobny

Boca Raton London New York

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Dedication
To Joshua, Daniel, and Abigail

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Contents
Preface to the First Edition.................................................................................... xiii Preface to the Second Edition .................................................................................. xv Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................xvii About the Author....................................................................................................xix Chapter 1 Chapter 2 2.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................1 Basic Chemistry of Fluoropolymers .....................................................7

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2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10

Polytetrafluoroethylene...................................................................................7 2.1.1 Industrial Synthesis of Tetrafluoroethylene ........................................7 2.1.2 Properties of Tetrafluoroethylene .......................................................8 2.1.3 Uses of Tetrafluoroethylene ................................................................9 2.1.4 Polymerization of Tetrafluoroethylene ...............................................9 Fluorinated...