The consultant told the truth. Do you represent ceramics yourself? Have you seen a ceramic pot? You got a competent consultant and explained it clearly. This is not ceramics, but polyorganisiloxane, or polysiloxane, or polydimethylsiloxane rubber, or silicone, etc. After all, there is only one name for "ceramic" in this coating, and you will fry it all on siloxane - silicone grease, which, when burned out, makes further use frying pans are almost impossible - everything starts to stick to it. And this can happen quite quickly, siloxane conducts heat very well, so it is quite easy to overheat the dishes.
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Unfortunately, these reviews will only be misleading for many. This "non-sticking" will soon pass (in a year or two). And if you accidentally overheat the frying pan ... After all, there is only one name for "ceramic" in this coating, and you will fry it all on siloxane - silicone grease, which, when it burns out, makes further use of the frying pan almost impossible - everything starts to stick to it. And this can happen quite quickly, the siloxane conducts heat very well, so it is quite easy to overheat the pan.
The concept of "ceramics" is now widely interpreted and refers to simple oxides, carbides, nitrides and other compounds. But this is a scientific interpretation. Traditional ceramics go through a high-temperature firing stage. Ceramic coatings are not subject to high-temperature firing, therefore they cannot be classified as ceramics. They are considered ceramic only because of the inclusion of silicon and oxygen in their composition ... (then glass with sand can be called that).
Here is the result of the manufacturers' unscrupulous use of the name "ceramic coating": almost all, ninety-nine percent, buyers are sure that the "ceramic" coating entirely consists of the ceramics from which ceramic pots and porcelain plates are made. A small number of doubters simply do not understand how clay pottery can be non-stick. And no one realizes that in their pan is the same polymer as PTFE. When you explain in consultation that newfangled ceramics are nothing more than cured silicone, adequate buyers react correctly and choose PTFE pans. And many are now beginning to understand that talk about the dangers of Teflon is nothing more than a journalistic duck of the yellow press, generously funded by someone understandably ...
And Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Elena Malysheva should be called to account for her words, together with the manufacturer of pans. What is the basis of her statement: "I think that ceramic coated dishes are the most correct dishes for health." As a scientist of high rank, she should know that this must be substantiated by scientific methods. After all, people think that she cares about their health. How often we hear: “Elena Malysheva told us which dishes are harmful and which are good. Give us the one that Elena Malysheva advises. "(What is the opinion of the medical luminaries about her yourself google.)
If you just go to the Internet, you can find a lot of interesting things about "ceramic" coatings. For example, the substance that is the coating is correctly called an organosilicon polymer or polyorgansiloxane or polysiloxane or polydimethylsiloxane rubber or silicone, etc.
The basis for the production of polysiloxane is tetraethylorthosilicate, which is mixed with ethyl or isopril alcohol and water. Other raw materials can also be used, for example tetrachlorosilane.
Well, isn't it very difficult? Then I think that's enough.
Some manufacturers write that their ceramic coating is made of natural materials. Another manufacturer NaturePan says: "The composition of the non-stick ceramic coating contains only natural materials such as: sand, water, stones." But there are no inorganic atoms (Si, Ti, Al), combined with organic radicals in nature. Buyers, having read about such a composition, think that these stones are melted with sand, then poured into a pan, this is a ceramic coating.
In conclusion.
The main thing that we found out on the Internet is that the “ceramic” coating is organosilicon ceramics or organosilicon polymer. So is it ceramic or plastic? The basis for the production of ceramics are natural materials: clays, kaolins, quartz and pure quartz sands, feldspar, pegmatite, chalk, limestone, dolomite. The preparation of ceramic mass is carried out by cleaning the raw material from harmful mineral inclusions, crushing, grinding, sifting through sieves, dosing, mixing. Then shaping, drying and firing takes place. “Roasting is the main technological process. As a result of complex physical and chemical transformations occurring at high temperatures, ceramic products acquire mechanical strength. Firing is performed in two steps. For porcelain products at a temperature of 900-950˚С and 1320-1380˚С, for earthenware products 1240-1280˚С and 1140-1180˚С. "[I will not give a reference to the literature. Anyone interested - write in a personal] There is no other definition of ceramics. "Ceramic" coatings do not contain such materials and do not go through such a technological cycle. This means they are not ceramic.
We open the encyclopedia. She calls organosilicon polymers plastic.
There was no mention anywhere that organosilicon polymers are ceramics.
It turns out that the coating on pans with a "ceramic" coating is plastic. This is consumer deception. Consumers think the pans are covered in real ceramics. If you announce that the "ceramic" coated pans are actually coated with plastic, who will buy them? It makes sense to change one plastic for another, moreover, more expensive and less durable. It makes no sense for the buyer, he has only losses from the frequent change of dishes. The whole point is in your pocket manufacturer.
All! Do not wash "ceramics" in the dishwasher. And don't jump too much on the beautifully named Thermolon.
Good luck to you all!
And don't worry. Just don't overheat the pot. You will not fry in it. And when cooking, the temperature there is 100 degrees - the coating will withstand.
If it's not difficult, give a link where you "... found info. That this is a ceramic coating." I’m at least on the neigh.