PTFE
A fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene monomer with high chemical resistance and a very low coefficient of friction.
Also called Polytetrafluoroethylene.
How it connects
PTFE is a kind of Polymer.
Other kinds of Polymer: Acrylic, EVA, Man-made cellulosic, Plastic, Polyamide, Polyester, Polyolefin, Polyurethane, Resin, Rubber and Silicone.
In other taxonomies
- fluorofibreEU 1007/2011, fluorofibretheirs is narrower
- fluoropolymerFTC 16 CFR 303, fluoropolymerrelated, not the same
- polytetrafluoroethyleneISO 1043-1, PTFEthe same thing
- fluorofibreISO 2076, fluorofibretheirs is narrower
- polytetrafluoroethyleneWikidata, Q143252nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
- Polymer12
PTFE
12 terms, Rubber to Man-made cellulosic
Record
- Also called
- Polytetrafluoroethylene
- Broader
- Polymer
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/ptfeKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- narrowerPolymerincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolymeroutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acrylicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)EVAoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Man-made cellulosicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasticoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyamideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyesteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyolefinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyurethaneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Resinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Rubberoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconeoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU 1007/2011 | fluorofibre | fluorofibre | theirs is narrower |
| FTC 16 CFR 303 | fluoropolymer | fluoropolymer | related, not the same |
| ISO 1043-1 | PTFE | polytetrafluoroethylene | the same thing |
| ISO 2076 | fluorofibre | fluorofibre | theirs is narrower |
| Wikidata | Q143252 | polytetrafluoroethylene | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026PTFE | Polytetrafluoroethylene | ptfe via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |