Systematic studies devoted to the radiation-chemical synthesis of solutions of tetrafluoroethylene telomers in various solvents are summarized. The properties and application prospects of tetrafluoroethylene telomers are considered. Radiation initiation allows new functional products with a broad spectrum of properties to be obtained and new technological approaches with the use of fluorinated polymers to be developed.

The main results of successful 30-year’s working on the Gammatok-100 radiation research facility at the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics to study various radiation-induced chemical...

Methods for forming protective coatings from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) telomeric solutions were developed. A complex study of electrochemical, tribological, and hydrophobic properties of composite coatings formed on magnesium alloys by plasma electrolytic oxidation, followed by deposition of a fluororganic material from TFE solutions, was carried out. Evidence was obtained for the enhanced corrosion resistance and wear resistance of those coatings. The composite layers were found to have hydrophobic properties.

Radiation-initiated polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) in acetone has been carried out in a specially designed reactor, which makes it possible to maintain a constant concentration of the monomer in a solution during synthesis. The features of the telomerization process at different initial concentrations (pressures) of TFE have been studied. Concentrated solutions of telomers have been obtained. The carrying out of the process at different pressures in the reactor makes it possible to obtain telomers differing in molecular mass and thermal resistance.