Polymer fume fever or fluoropolymer fever, also informally called Teflon flu, is an inhalation fever caused by the fumes released when polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, known under the trade name Teflon) reaches temperatures of 300 to 450 °C (572 to 842 °F). == Fever == When PTFE is heated above 450 °C (842 °F) the pyrolysis products are different and inhalation may cause acute lung injury.
Polymer fume fever or fluoropolymer fever, also informally called Teflon flu, is an inhalation fever caused by the fumes released when polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, known under the trade name Teflon) reaches temperatures of 300 to 450 °C (572 to 842 °F). == Fever == When PTFE is heated above 450 °C (842 °F) the pyrolysis products are different and inhalation may cause acute lung injury.
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