FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Chemical: poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
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General Information
Name
poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
FlyBase ID
FBch0002728
ChEBI Name
poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:53251
PubChem Name
PubChem ID
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
InChIKey
Definition (ChEBI)

A polymer composed of repeating tetrafluoroethyl groups.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (24)
Synonyms
Fluoro-gold
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Fluorogold
(ChEBI, 2019-)
PTFE
(Dong et al., 2026, ChEBI, 2019-)
Perfluoroethylene polymer
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Politefo
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Politefum
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Poly(ethylene tetrafluoride)
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Polytef
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Polytetrafluoroethene
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Polytetrafluoroethylene
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ptfe
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Teflon
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Tetrafluoroethene homopolymer
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Tetrafluoroethene polymer
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Tetrafluoroethylene polymer
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Tetrafluoroethylene polymers
(ChEBI, 2019-)
poly(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethylene)
(ChEBI, 2019-)
poly(tetrafluoroethene)
(ChEBI, 2019-)
poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
(ChEBI, 2019-)
polytetrafluoroethene
(ChEBI, 2019-)
polytetrafluoroethylene
(Dong et al., 2026, ChEBI, 2019-)
polytetrafluoroethylene microplastic
(Jin et al., 2024)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (3)