[Rollei] Re: TEFLON

["Neal Friedenthal" <neal >]

On Wed, 21 May 2003 11:08:18 -0400, Neal Friedenthal wrote:

>Absolutely, but it did not find a use for other than lab ware until the
>Sneaky Petes pulled it out again in the 1950's for use on arctic gear, and
>it was then publicized by NASA in the early 1960's.  Saran Wrap had a
>somewhat similar background.
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>Marc
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>Marc,
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>Back in the early 50's Teflon was experimented with as a method to prevent jams in machine guns. They coated .30-06 cartridges with green Teflon, it 
worked 
>fine until the chamber heated to the melt point of the Teflon and then created a permanent seal between the casing and the gun. They also tried to make 
>Teflon bullets, (projectiles), but that didn't work that well either.
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>Neal F
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