Grinding PTFE with chunks of sodium metal creates sodium fluoride in a solvent-free reaction that aims to avoid landfills ...

Fionna Samuels Fionna Samuels is a physical sciences reporter at C&EN. Fionna joined the DC-based staff in 2024 after ...

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