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Jul 12, 2003 19:05:57 GMT -5
Post by Woe on Jul 12, 2003 19:05:57 GMT -5
I believe in magic do YOU?
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Jul 12, 2003 19:39:21 GMT -5
Post by Shaffuru! on Jul 12, 2003 19:39:21 GMT -5
No, not really... Unless you're talking about the magic of Teflon?
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Jul 13, 2003 9:21:25 GMT -5
Post by Woe on Jul 13, 2003 9:21:25 GMT -5
what is hat?
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Jul 13, 2003 10:38:43 GMT -5
Post by Shaffuru! on Jul 13, 2003 10:38:43 GMT -5
A thing you put on your head. Or the Helping Aid Tragedy club. Or if you meant "that", Teflon is "a substance considered important enough to land its discoverer in the National Inventors Hall of Fame, an innovation that almost slipped away! In a DuPont laboratory back in 1938, Roy J. Plunkett was researching refrigeration gases. He had connected a cylinder of freon 1114, or tetrafluoroethylene, to his equipment, but nothing came out. Rather than throw the cylinder away, he weighed it and found that the actual weight exceeded the figure on the target weight. So he cut the cylinder in half and saw a white, waxy substance he later identified as a polymer of tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), popularly known as the DuPont trademark Teflon®:. Had he not been wise enough to investigate what was in the cylinder, this Fluorocarbon resin might never have been discovered. The molecular structure of PTFE is based on a chain of carbon atoms, the same as all polymers. Unlike some other fluoropolymers, in PTFE this chain is completely surrounded by fluorine atoms. The bond between carbon and fluorine is very strong, and the fluorine atoms shield the vulnerable carbon chain. This unusual structure gives PTFE its unique properties. In addition to its extreme slipperiness, it is inert to almost every known chemical. On its 59th birthday, it is still listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the slipperiest material in the world, with the lowest coefficient of static and dynamic friction of any solid. This measurement is the equivalent to the surface of wet ice rubbing against wet ice. Whether his discovery can be described as an example of serendipity, a lucky accident, or a flash of genius, there is no disagreement about its significance. It moved the plastics industry into applications never before possible. After its discovery, a tremendous amount of work and money went into understanding why it was slippery, its chemical properties, and how to make it safely and efficiently. It saw limited use in World War II, and only became well known and widely used in the late 1950's. Its inertness to almost every chemical, its stability over a wide temperature range, and its high electrical resistivity, have made possible many industrial, communications, medical, and other scientific achievements."
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Jul 13, 2003 11:54:35 GMT -5
Post by Fife on Jul 13, 2003 11:54:35 GMT -5
*stares at laura* that is a crazy amount of info. i belive in magic but not the magic that's in hp. that's bull BUT i believe wiccans and stuff can do magick. not that there source of magick is the best. i believe they dabble in the devil's stuff, which isn't smart. so yeah i do believe in magick but not hp magic.
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Jul 14, 2003 9:19:10 GMT -5
Post by Misery on Jul 14, 2003 9:19:10 GMT -5
A thing you put on your head. Or the Helping Aid Tragedy club. Hahahaha. Lol.
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Jul 14, 2003 18:27:08 GMT -5
Post by Hermedy on Jul 14, 2003 18:27:08 GMT -5
Yeah, I do
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Jul 14, 2003 21:48:29 GMT -5
Post by Tyler on Jul 14, 2003 21:48:29 GMT -5
No, not really... Unless you're talking about the magic of Teflon? Ditto!!!!!!!
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