Talk:ETFE

Use
used for the watersports arena to be constructed in Beijing, China for the Olympic games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.112.81.72 (talk) 08:41, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Mars Ice House design has an ETFE outer skin. Notable enough to be included? Aeronrd (talk) 21:23, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Question about flammability
According to the page: When burned, ETFE releases hydrofluoric acid, which is extremely corrosive. but also: ''Another key use of ETFE is for the covering of electrical wiring used in high stress, low fume toxicity and high reliability situations. Aircraft wiring is a primary example.''

Why would a substance that burns with corrosive toxic fumes be used in a low fume toxicity application? Are there reference sources for these two statements, please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.152.165.18 (talk) 23:27, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It is my understanding that the toxicity it is referring to is in its natural state not when it is burnt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.120.90 (talk) 08:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

ETFE & PTFE
PTFE, mentioned in the article, is the proper chemical name for Teflon. People who get here via a link or search might not realise that. (I know they can click on the PTFE link, but you have to know the significance to know to bother.) Would it be worth putting something in the intro section along the lines of, "a member of the Teflon family". -- PaulxSA (talk) 16:55, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Question about strength
According to the page, ETFE is "able to bear 400 times its own weight". This is a very confusing statement, to say the least. Are we talking about supporting tensile, compressive, or shear stress? With the polymer in what shape: rope, rod, beam, sheet? What size? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.123.201.9 (talk) 20:20, 27 July 2012 (UTC)

bad edits
What is numsaddcsa aa? This page recently seems to have been vandalized or subjected to bad edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.136.29.223 (talk) 00:36, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --Leyo 12:40, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

edit suggestion
Hi I have a conflict of interest in that I work for Illinois Institute of Technology, but now that the ETFE-clad Kaplan Institute is built, it might be useful to make the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois a hyperlink:  here's a possiblity:  https://web.iit.edu/kaplan-institute Marydawsoniit (talk) 21:17, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

How ETFE Compares to Chlorinated polyethylene

 * Given Chlorine is easier to produce than Fluorine in a decentralized context (Ocean Water, vs Mineral Deposits), i was in truiged in alternatives to ETFE with similar properties
 * Since Chlorine is still a halogen, i was interested if this could fill the roll, or if that little extra electronegativity is key
 * Not too much information on the Chlorinated polyethylene page yet
 * Also the Transmittance / Coefficient of Friction would be good to know, at least for Architectural + Agricultural Applications
 * Here are some links i found in quick search, although they may need some double checking:
 * "Insulation and Jacket Material Guide - Lapp Tannehill" (Mentions Max/Min Operating Temperatures, "Poor-Great Scale" for various attributes)
 * Coefficent of Friction is Harder to Find, but i grabbed these by using a google search with the following "chlorinated polyethylene" "coefficient of friction" (quotations to force it to find those terms, both together didn't work)
 * https://patents.google.com/patent/JP6975378B2/en
 * https://www.allsealsinc.com/03_Elastomers-Materials.pdf
 * If all else fails, it is probably a decent alternative coating for Type ZW Cable etc
 * Either way i just wanted to document my thoughts, and how i'll probably want to research/add on to these pages later

Eric Lotze (talk) 15:51, 3 April 2023 (UTC)