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[AMPS] Alert-- ptfe does NOT give phosgene

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Subject: [AMPS] Alert-- ptfe does NOT give phosgene
From: jono@enteract.com (Jon Ogden)
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:44:31 -0600
on 1/15/00 1:36 PM, Bill Aycock at baycock@HIWAAY.NET wrote:

> Teflon- does NOT have any chlorine (Cl) in it, and cannot give Phosgene
> when it breaks down. The halogen element on Teflon (PTFE) is fluorine, and,
> in elemental form, makes Phosgene look like candy.

You are correct.

73,

Jon
KE9NA

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Jon Ogden
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