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Fluoropolymers

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The commercial production of polymers containing fluorine is very small compared to the output of many other synthetic polymers. Nevertheless, several fluoropolymers are used in various important specialized applications. The principal commercial fluoropolymers at the present time are the homopolymers of tetrafluoroethylene (I), chlorotrifluoroethylene (II), vinyl fluoride (III) and vinylidene fluoride (IV) and vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (V) and tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymers. These materials, together with a few other fluoropolymers of interest, form the contents of this chapter.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Technology, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    K. J. Saunders

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Saunders, K.J. (1973). Fluoropolymers. In: Organic Polymer Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2504-0_7

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