Teflon is a very successful product made by EI DuPont de Nemours and Company.
It is used in many ways as plastic, film and cloth. Most people know teflon best as a covering inside pans and pots that are used for cooking.
Food does not stick to the teflon on the cooking pan. Teflon makes the pan very easy to clean.
Doctors use teflon products to replace damaged heart arteries and other body parts.
Teflon is used to make clothing and shoes that can be worn in the rain.
Some teflon parts were used to fix the Statue of Liberty in New York city.
DuPont developed teflon more than 60 years ago. Its chemical name is very long, Polytetrafluoroethylene.
DuPont created the name Teflon and that is how it is known today.
