The chemical that's behind the coating on non-stick pans, polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, was unintentionally invented in 1938 by a scientist in Ohio named Roy Plunkett. He was trying to produce ...

The first forever chemical, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), was discovered in 1938 1. Chemist Roy Plunkett and chemical company DuPont saw the substance’s potential and developed it as the ...