Teflon's Non-Polarity

Teflon's are holding on so tightly to the electrons that they can't really move around at all when it comes into contact with another molecule. So there's not going to be very many intermolecular forces between Teflon and anything else because it's holding on so tight towards electrons. And that's why it's non-stick.

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