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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Will Super Glue stick to Teflon?

Super Glue will not stick to Teflon, at least not very well and certainly not reliably.
 The reasons why not are as follows:  [1] The combination of fluorine and carbon in the polytetrafluoroethlene (ptfe) forms one of the strongest bonds in the chemical world and one of the most stable. [2] The fluorine atoms around the carbon-fluorine bond are inert, so they form an "impenetrable shield" around the chain of carbon atoms, keeping other chemicals from entering. 'Ptfe' contains no chemical sites for other substances to bond with. [3] Adhesives need to wet the substrate directly or creep into porus areas in the substrate. But the low surface energy of 'ptfe' prevents wetting and bonding.
To answer the question more, Teflon lacks the cracks necessary for Super Glue to enter in order to bond properly; there would be nowhere for the glue to get into the pan.
Super Glue would probably just bead up if applied to a Teflon pan.http://www.supergluecorp.com/