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Teflon vs Silicone - What's the difference?

teflon | silicone |

As a proper noun Teflon

is multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.

As an adjective Teflon

is having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).

As a noun silicone is

any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.

teflon

English

(wikipedia Teflon)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal, of a politician) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces).
  • * 1995 , Liz Cunningham, Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age :
  • But Ronald Reagan, by everybody's definition, was the Teflon president, and it wasn't that the media tried to touch him and failed.

    See also

    * Gore-Tex * ePTFE

    silicone

    Noun

  • (chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts
  • Derived terms

    * siliconed * silicone grease * siliconing * silicone rubber

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