# If nothing sticks to teflon, how does teflon stick to the pan?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nothing-sticks-to-teflon-how-does-teflon-stick-to-the-pan/71787 "2001-07-09T05:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurleyParks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@HurleyParks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurleyParks)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nothing-sticks-to-teflon-how-does-teflon-stick-to-the-pan/71787/1 "2001-07-09T05:47:48Z")

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If nothing sticks to teflon, how does teflon stick to the pan?

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-nothing-sticks-to-teflon-how-does-teflon-stick-to-the-pan/71787/2 "2001-07-09T05:51:31Z")

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Try this:

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_173.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_173.html)