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Baltagul 1568
Baltagul 1568
In 1954, Collette Grégoire, the wife of French engineer Marc Grégoire, urged him to
try the material he had been using on fishing
tackle on her cooking pans. He subsequently created the first PTFE-coated, non-
stick pans under the brand name Tefal (combining "Tef" from "Teflon" and "al" from
aluminum).[10] In the United States, Marion A. Trozzolo, who had been using the
substance on scientific utensils, marketed the first US-made PTFE-coated pan, "The
Happy Pan", in 1961.[11] Non-stick cookware has since become a common household
product, now offered by hundreds of manufacturers across the world.
Waals forces means that it is the only known surface to which a gecko cannot
stick.[26] In fact, PTFE can be used to prevent insects from climbing up surfaces
painted with the material. PTFE is so slippery that insects cannot get a grip and
tend to fall off. For example, PTFE is used to prevent ants from climbing out of
formicaria.