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In article <1992Jul30.170903.12107@ee.gatech.edu> drabik@eecom.gatech.edu 
(Timothy J. Drabik) writes:
>I'm looking for a solvent for polyvinylidene flouride.
>I would like to spin-deposit it.  Can anyone recommend
>a journal reference or a chemical?

PVDF is used extensively in the chemical industry because of its chemical
resistance to most materials.  In fact, it is used as a replacement for PTFE
(Teflon) in many applications because of superior mechanical properties with
only a slight decrease in chemical resistance.  Finding a solvent for 
polyvinylidene difluoride will be very difficult.

Having said this, however, I will add that one of our commercial high boiling
point solvents, Ektasolve EEP, has been known to attack PVDF.  In our
manufacturing process for EEP, Kynar (PVDF) coated pH probes were dissolved
away completely as were Kynar insulated electrical conductivity probes.  I
am not sure this solvent will meet your needs however.

Why do most net posters always mistakenly spell fluorine containing compounds
as if they were bakery products?   ;-)
						Barry
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