What led to its discovery?
In the year 1938 Dr. Plunkett discovered the synthetic plastic known as Teflon while he was experimenting with refrigerate gasses. Dr. Plunkett needed to find a replacement for the dangerous gasses that were being used at the time in refrigerators. However due to this accidental discovery he ended up finding what would become one of the most popular materials used in kitchen utensils and appliances.