Explore Silicones

Explore Silicones

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Silicones are fascinating polymers that enable sustainability and drive innovation across many applications that we use in our everyday life.

What Are Silicones?

“Silicone” is a generic term referring to a class of synthetic polymers that are based on a framework of alternating silicon and oxygen (siloxane) bonds with at least one organic group attached to the silicon atom via a direct carbon-silicon bond.

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Silicone Chemistry

The common building blocks used to manufacture silicone polymers are known as cyclosiloxanes and linear siloxanes.

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Benefits & Uses

Silicones play an increasingly important role supporting improvement, innovation, and progress in a wide range of industry sectors.

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