This material has the lowest coefficient of friction of any known solid material, and is thus used industrially in gears and bearings to increase efficiency.
This material has the lowest coefficient of friction of any known solid material, and is thus used industrially in gears and bearings to increase efficiency. Also an excellent electrical insulator, it was known as K146 during its use on the Manhattan Project. Accidentally discovered by Roy Plunkett in 1938, this material actually emits fumes upon heating, which probably makes it bad for its best-known use. FTP, name this polymer alternatively known as PTFE, known for containing relatively unreactive carbon-fluorine bonds, which make it effective as a non-stick coating for cookware.
This material has the lowest coefficient of friction of any known solid material, and is thus used industrially in gears and bearings to increase efficiency.
Teflon (Prompt on early buzzes of "PTFE" or "Polytetrafluoroethylene")