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Chemically, why does this kind of material have such staying power? Been a long time since chemistry classes in college, but I’m curious to understand more abou
by remarkEon 6y ago
Chemically, why does this kind of material have such staying power? Been a long time since chemistry classes in college, but I’m curious to understand more about why these things are so hard to get rid of. Is there a relationship between their resistance to deteriorating and their ability to suppress flame?
- kccqzy 6y agoThe carbon-fluorine bond is the strongest bond known in organic chemistry. And PFOS has seventeen of them.
- remarkEon 6y agoThanks. What makes it so strong? Are there any chemical processes known to break down these bonds?
- hippira 6y agoAs I remember from my A Level Chemistry, a principle of Chemistry is that to chemically break the bond of a chemical, the new products need to be forming a “stronger bond” than the ingredents. Otherwise the ony method left is to bombard the chemical in side a particle accelerators.
- yesenadam 6y agoThese pages will I think answer your questions. (Sorry, I don't feel qualified to summarize them.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%E2%80%93fluorine_bond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%E2%80%93fluorine_bond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organofluorine_chemistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organofluorine_chemistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorocarbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorocarbon