Boron (B), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and oxygen ... citing Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene), discovered during research on new refrigerants, and superglue, which emerged accidentally while ...

Boron, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen ... Teflon, for example, was discovered during research originally aimed at developing new refrigerants, while the well-known product superglue emerged by ...

Everyone knows about the disputed discovery of oxygen, but it's less widely known that boron is dogged by the same controversy, and with a similar Anglo–Gallic flavour. In this case the rivals ...