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Number and Type of Non-Stick Coating Layers

Shel_B

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Shel_B

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For Christmas, I want to give someone a non-stick skillet.  I checked reviews at CI and looked at the Calphalon site.  CI mentioned that the winner of their non-stick skillet test has five layers of coating.  Calphalon mentions that their Unison model has three layers of coating.

 

Usually the top layer of a non-stick pan is PTFE.  Is any other material used for the top layer?  What material might the undercoat layers be?  Would all undercoat layers be of the same material?  How important is it to have multiple undercoat layers?  Any other comments on the construction of non-stick coatings would be appreciated.  Thanks!

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Generally speaking, when they say that a nonstick coating has some number of layers, they are talking about the number of times it has been sprayed with PTFE.  For all intents and purposes, all nonstick surfaces are PTFE.

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