Before we dive into that, let's dispense with a technicality: Teflon was DuPont's original brand name for what now goes by various unattractive pseudonyms, such as "non-stick coated aluminum cookware," as well as a poetic variety of brand names. I'll call these slippery coatings "non-sticks." In the early days, what the non-stick stuck to was a mechanical issue. Manufacturers textured a pan by blasting its surface with grit, gouging little pits in the aluminum, or …showed first 75 words of 732 total…

…showed last 75 words of 732 total…LOWER RESISTANCE TO ATTACK. THE ONLY CHEMICALS KNOWN TO AFFECT ALL TEFLON* FINISHES ARE THE ALKALI METALS ANDHIGHLY REACTIVE FLUORINATING AGENTS. I think that Teflon is great but every one needs to know how to be careful while cooking with it so it can last a lifetime..... Works cited http://www.whitetrout.net/chuck/Teflon/teflon.htm http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae242.cfm http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/Geek/geek990118.html