How does Teflon stick to the pot?

United States
July 31, 2008 6:20pm CST
I was cooking some tasty pasta the other night, and I stumbled onto an interesting question. Companies advertise pots with Teflon as "non-stick" and go out of their way to prove that nothing sticks to Teflon. If that's the case, how do they get the Teflon to stick to the bottom of the pot?
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shooie
@shooie (4984)
• United States
1 Aug 08
teflon pots and pans - A non-stick surface.
Teflon, the non-stick coating used on pots and pans, holds the title in the Guiness Book of World Records as being the slipperiest substance on earth. Scientifically speaking, Teflon will not chemically bond to anything, but can be forced mechanically into small nooks and crannies. This slippery substance adheres to their surfaces once manufacturers sandblast them to roughen them, apply a primer, and embed the Teflon into the primer. I had wondered about this in the past and had this site book marked so here is some of the information above and here is the website if you want to read more about it. Gotta love modern technology. http://scour.com/view/result/?URL=http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/teflon.asp Sure does make cleaning up a lot easier don't you think?