Which of the following is fully fluorinated polymer?
- (A)Neoprene
- (B)Teflon✓ Correct
- (C)Thiokol
- (D)PVC
Answer: (B)
Solution
A fully fluorinated polymer is one in which fluorine has replaced every hydrogen on the carbon backbone. Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylene, is built from units in which all the positions on each carbon pair are fluorine, with no hydrogen left at all. Neoprene is chlorine-based, Thiokol is a polysulphide and PVC keeps most of its hydrogens, so Teflon is the fully fluorinated one.
JEE Main · 2005 · 08 May 2005 · Offline · Single correct option