Happy National Teflon Day! On April 6th each year honors the accidental invention of Teflon® on April 6, 1938, by American chemist Dr. Roy J. Plunkett.
While working in the Chemours Jackson New Jersey lab that April day, Dr. Plunkett, along with his assistant, accidentally discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).
Chemours registered the Teflon® trademark in 1945. In 1985, the Inventors’ Hall of Fame inducted Dr. Plunkett to its numbers..
While Plunkett receives credit for the invention of Teflon®, another person saw its larger purpose.
American innovator, inventor, entrepreneur, and professor of business at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Marion A.Trozzolo brought it from the laboratory into the kitchen.
He used the substance to coat his scientific utensils. This use later led him to establish Laboratory Plasticware Fabricators.
Trozzolo was the first manufacturer of Teflon®-coated cookware in the United States, and was also the developer of the Kansas City entertainment district River Quay.
In 1961, he marketed the first U.S.-made Teflo®n-coated frying pan, the "Happy Pan".
Today, Teflon® can be found everywhere and in surprising places as well. Besides coating metals for cooking, it is also used to protect fabrics and reduce friction in the aerospace industry.
It also helps to increase production and reduce contamination in pharmaceuticals.
HOW TO OBSERVE
How does Teflon® improve your life? Find the bakeware, frying pan or other Teflon® coated item in your home. Share its benefits by using #NationalTeflonDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
National Teflon® Day commemorates the date when Dr. Roy J. Plunkett accidentally invented the product. However, National Day Calendar® was unable to identify the creator of the day.
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