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> PTFE is fully oxidized (well, fluorinated). Can't the C-C bond by oxidized? Teflon will burn if heated enough in a high oxygen atmosphere. From my understand
by ars 5y ago
> PTFE is fully oxidized (well, fluorinated).
Can't the C-C bond by oxidized? Teflon will burn if heated enough in a high oxygen atmosphere. From my understanding that's what happened to Apollo 13.
(I'm not implying this will happen in a human gut :)
- exmadscientist 5y agoMy understanding is that that's decomposition followed by combustion of the decomposition products (free radicals). Looking at the electron density around the C-C bonds gives some hint as to why they're stronger than they look. In general "backbone" single C-C bonds are pretty tough; there's a reason double bonds are always the attack sites, if they exist.