fluoroplastic

[floor-uh-plas-tik, flawr-, flohr-]

noun

Chemistry.

1. any of the plastics, plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluoroplastic¹

fluoro- + plastic

Example Sentences

Iceotope, a start-up based in Sheffield, England, submerges computers in liquid fluoroplastic, rather than oil.

From New York Times