Re:Cast iron leet
by eutectic on Saturday August 13, 2022 @09:08AM
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Teflon is inert unless you really overheat it.
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It's not the teflon that is my concern, it's what they have used to get the teflon to stick to the pan.
read this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenX#Pollution
Pans themselves don't contain significant levels of PFAs, but I agree about the environmental issues.
The 'f' in 'teflon' is the F from the periodic table.
Florine is remarkably not inert.
Teflon is a relatively stable Florine compound.
But as you say, it can destabilize when the pan is used within a few sigma of ideal cooking temperature.
Reactive elements make stable compounds. e.g. sodium + chlorine -> sodium chloride.
There is no FL in periodic table. And Teflon is not as stable as believed.
He said 'F', not 'FL'. It is on the periodic table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine