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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TETRAFLUOROETHENE

From tetra- + fluoro- + ethene.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TETRAFLUOROETHENE

tetrafluoroethene  [ˈtɛtrəˌflʊərəʊˈɛθiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TETRAFLUOROETHENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tetrafluoroethene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TETRAFLUOROETHENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tetrafluoroethylene

Tetrafluoroethylene is a chemical compound with the formula C2F4. It is the simplest alkene fluorocarbon. This gaseous species is used primarily in the industrial preparation of polymers.

Definition of tetrafluoroethene in the English dictionary

The definition of tetrafluoroethene in the dictionary is a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene. Formula: F2C:CF2 Also called: tetrafluoroethylene.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TETRAFLUOROETHENE


disthene
ˈdɪsθiːn
ethene
ˈɛθiːn
hypersthene
ˈhaɪpəˌsθiːn
hypoxanthine
ˌhaɪpəˈzænθiːn
menthene
ˈmɛnθiːn
methylxanthine
ˌmiːθaɪlˈzænˌθiːn
naphthene
ˈnæfθiːn
ornithine
ˈɔːnɪˌθiːn
perchloroethene
pəˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθiːn
polyethene
ˌpɒlɪˈɛθiːn
polythene
ˈpɒlɪˌθiːn
xanthene
ˈzænθiːn
xanthine
ˈzænθiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TETRAFLUOROETHENE

tetradactylous
tetradactyly
tetradic
tetradite
tetradrachm
tetradymite
tetradynamous
tetraethyl
tetraethyl lead
tetrafluoride
tetrafluoroethylene
tetragon
tetragonal
tetragonally
tetragonalness
tetragonous
tetragram
Tetragrammaton
tetragynian
tetragynous

WORDS THAT END LIKE TETRAFLUOROETHENE

achene
Asantehene
Athene
camphene
clomiphene
coryphene
graphene
hexachlorophene
phene
phosphene
propoxyphene
sphene
thiophene
toxaphene
zygosphene

Synonyms and antonyms of tetrafluoroethene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tetrafluoroethene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TETRAFLUOROETHENE

Find out the translation of tetrafluoroethene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tetrafluoroethene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tetrafluoroethene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

四氟乙烯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tetrafluoroeteno
570 millions of speakers

English

tetrafluoroethene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tetrafluoroethene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tetrafluoroethene
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tetrafluoroethene
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tetrafluoroethene
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tetrafluoroethene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tétrafluoroéthène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tetrafluoroethene
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tetrafluorethen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テトラフルオロエテン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tetrafluoroethene
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tetrafluoroethene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tetrafluoroethene
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tetrafluoroethene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Tetrafluoroethene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tetrafluoroethene
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tetrafluoroethene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tetrafluoroethene
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tetrafluoroethene
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tetrafluoroethene
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τετραφθοροαιθένιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tetrafluoroethene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tetrafluoroethene
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tetrafluoroethene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tetrafluoroethene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRAFLUOROETHENE»

The term «tetrafluoroethene» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.787 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TETRAFLUOROETHENE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tetrafluoroethene» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tetrafluoroethene» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tetrafluoroethene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TETRAFLUOROETHENE»

Discover the use of tetrafluoroethene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tetrafluoroethene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science: Particulate ...
Substance 1 Substance 2 Medium A 12(m) Ref. a-AlpOc, Poly(tetrailuoroethene) cyclohexane -3.37 10, b a-Al9Os Poly ( tetrafluoroethene ) cyclohexane -2.36 10, b a-Al?Os Teflon AF cyclohexane -5.81 16 Ag Poly( tetrafluoroethene ) vacuum ...
J. Lyklema, 2005
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Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations: ...
Methanol will add across tetrafluoroethene in the presence of a catalytic amount of sodium methoxide (Equation (22)) <5UA1329>. The addition to the electron- deficient tetrafluoroethene is initially by nucleophilic attack. Cyanide will add to ...
Alan R. Katritzky, Otto Meth-Cohn, Gordon W. Kirby, 1995
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Phosgene: And Related Carbonyl Halides
... and tertiary amine trishydrofluorides, 569 from tetracarbonylnickel(0), 573 from tetrafluoroethene and dioxygen, 578 from tetrafluoroethene and fluorine nitrate, 583 from tetrafluoroethene and nitrogen(ll) oxide, 582 from tetrafluoroethene and  ...
T.A. Ryan, E.A. Seddon, K.R. Seddon, 1996
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Understanding Chemistry for Advanced Level
It can certainly be applied to the discovery of poly(tetrafluoroethene), better known as PTFE or Teflon, by Roy Plunkett in the 1930s. Plunkett and his research team worked for the American chemical giant Du Pont investigating refrigerants, the ...
Ted Lister, Janet Renshaw, 1999
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The 100 Most Important Chemical Compounds: A Reference Guide
CHEMICAL NAME = tetrafluoroethene poly(tetrafluoroethene) CAS NUMBER = 116–14–3 (TFE) 9002–84–0 (PTFE) MOLECULAR FORMULA = C2F4 MOLAR MASS = 100.0 g/mol COMPOSITION = C(24%) O(76%) MELTING POINT ...
Richard Leroy Myers, 2007
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Chemical Storylines
The gas had polymerised to form poly(tetrafluoroethene), PTFE, which is now marketed as Teflon'. It was this substance that was responsible for the huge increase in the rate of reaction. Water vapour from the air must have been present in the ...
‎2000
7
Inorganic Chemistry
It is a white solid that is manufactured by the polymerization of tetrafluoroethene: n n CF CF CFCF 2 2 22 = →( ) PTFE is an expensive polymer because of the cost of synthesizing and purifying the monomer by a multistage process: CH(g)3 ...
Mark Weller, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke, 2014
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Gaseous Electronics: Tables, Atoms, and Molecules
nitrous oxide, 221 ozone, 232 sulfur dioxide, 240 tetrafluoroethene, 470, 471 trichlorofluoromethane, 425 uranium hexafluoride, 511, 512 Water, 247 xenon, 61-62 Diffusion coefficient deuterium, 106 dichlorodifluoromethane, 355, 356 ethane, ...
Gorur Govinda Raju, 2011
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Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry Vol. E 10a, 4th ...
The fluorochemical surface-active agents commercially available at the present time are mainly based on perfluoroalkyl groups, typically containing eight carbon atoms, derived from electrochemical fluorination (EC F) or from tetrafluoroethene  ...
Jamie L. Adcock, Ronald Eric Banks, Andreas Bulan, 2014
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Shriver and Atkins' Inorganic Chemistry
n Although tetrafluoroethene is not highly toxic, a byproduct, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoro -2-trifluoromethyl-1-propene, is toxic and its presence dictates care in handling crude tetrafluoroethene. R.B. King (ed.), Encyclopedia ofinorganic chemistry.
‎2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TETRAFLUOROETHENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tetrafluoroethene is used in the context of the following news items.
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Joining the unjoinable
Polymers like poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and poly(tetrafluoroethene) (PTFE) are useful precisely because of their non-stick properties. They are chemically ... «Chemistry World, Sep 12»
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Teflon-infused waxes reduce friction for skiers and snowboarders
Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) or poly(tetrafluoroethene) (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer best known by the DuPont-owned brand name Teflon. The coefficient of ... «Gizmag, Feb 09»
3
Court Declares That Plavix Patent Has Teflon® Non-Stick Coating
Update: As noted in the comments, Teflon® is a brand of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) or poly(tetrafluoroethene) (PTFE), a synthetic fluoropolymer used as a ... «Patent Baristas, Dec 08»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tetrafluoroethene [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tetrafluoroethene>. Apr 2024 ».
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