'Teflon' in chinese

[hbuchtel]

Other then 铁富龙 or 特富龙, is there another way to say Teflon or PFTE in mandarin chinese?

Could it be 聚四氟乙烯?

Thanks for any help,

Henry

[trevelyan]

also 铁袱龙

[xiaoxiajenny]

杜邦公司特富龙不粘锅

[hbuchtel]

Thanks Trevelyan, the problem was (is) that I was trying to buy some today and the shop owner did not understand any of the transliterations (?) of teflon that I said.

I ended up buying what i think is teflon, but he called it 聚四氟乙烯.

He also called it "F4" which seems to be a quality or grade of teflon, so I don't think I'm too far off . . . but I'd like to be sure!

Henry

[hbuchtel]

thanks also xiaoxiajenny, I did try explaining it that way but got no response, perhaps because the owner was selling it in the form of long solid cylinders.

Henry

[hbuchtel]

Well I did a google search for 聚四氟乙烯 (which I should have done in the first place) and yes, it appears that it is another way of saying teflon. Perhaps the chemical name?

Thanks anyway for your responses,

Henry

[Ole]

Have you searched wikipedia ?

"Teflon is the brand name of the polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) discovered by Roy J. Plunkett (1910–1994) of DuPont in 1938 and introduced as a commercial product in 1946. "

see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene