In organosilicon and polymer chemistry, a silicone or polysiloxane is a polymer composed of repeating units of siloxane (−O−R2Si−O−SiR2−, where R = organic...
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RTV silicone (room-temperature-vulcanizing silicone) is a type of silicone rubber that cures at room temperature. It is available as a one-component product...
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A silicone oil is any liquid polymerized siloxane with organic side chains. The most important member is polydimethylsiloxane. These polymers are of commercial...
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Breast implant (redirect from Silicone implants)
surgery; the silicone implant has an elastomer silicone shell pre-filled with viscous silicone gel; structured implants use nested elastomer silicone shells...
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Silicone rubber is an elastomer (rubber-like material) composed of silicone—itself a polymer—containing silicon together with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen...
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Silicone grease, sometimes called dielectric grease, is a waterproof grease made by combining a silicone oil with a thickener. Most commonly, the silicone...
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Silicone gel sheeting (SGS) has been an effective reduction and preventive scar therapy since 1980. It was first discovered to be used in treating scars...
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Silicone resins are a type of silicone material which is formed by branched, cage-like oligosiloxanes with the general formula of RnSiXmOy, where R is...
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Silicone granulomas are a skin condition that occur as a reaction to liquid silicones, and are characterized by the formation of nodules.: 46 Formation...
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San Fernando Valley (redirect from Silicone Valley (San Fernando Valley))
multibillion-dollar pornography industry, earning the monikers Porn Valley, Silicone Valley (in contrast to Silicon Valley, nickname for the Santa Clara Valley)...
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Silicone Valley may refer to: A misspelling of Silicon Valley, nickname for the Santa Clara Valley, also known as the South Bay area of San Francisco,...
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silicone rubber (LSR) is a process to produce pliable, durable parts in high volume. Liquid silicone rubber is a high purity platinum cured silicone with...
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Silicone foam is a synthetic rubber product used in gasketing, sheets and firestops. It is available in solid, cured form as well as in individual liquid...
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Silicone Soul are a Scottish house music production duo from Glasgow. They have released five albums on Soma Quality Recordings, and manage their own record...
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List of soft contact lens materials (redirect from Silicone Hydrogel)
comfortable than rigid gas permeable lenses. Newer soft lens materials include silicone-hydrogels to provide more oxygen to your eye while you wear your lenses...
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Medical grade silicones are silicones tested for biocompatibility and are appropriate to be used for medical applications. In the United States, the Food...
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Self-amalgamating tape (redirect from Silicone tape)
Self-amalgamating tape is a non-tacky silicone rubber tape that when stretched and wrapped around cables, electrical joints, hoses, and pipes combines...
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Vulcanization (section Vulcanization of silicones)
hardening of other (synthetic) rubbers via various means. Examples include silicone rubber via room temperature vulcanizing and chloroprene rubber (neoprene)...
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Rubber mask (redirect from Silicone mask)
referred to as a Halloween mask, is a mask made of rubber such as latex or silicone, or a soft plastic like polyvinyl chloride as a form of theatrical makeup...
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Polydimethylsiloxane (category Silicones)
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), also known as dimethylpolysiloxane or dimethicone, is a silicone polymer with a wide variety of uses, from cosmetics to industrial lubrication...
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the first silicone hydrogel contact lenses were released by Ciba Vision in Mexico. These new materials encapsulated the benefits of silicone which has...
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hemisphere, using a breast implant filled with either saline solution or silicone gel; the fat-graft transfer approach augments the size and corrects contour...
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Brake fluid (section Silicone-based (DOT 5))
mineral oil (Citroën/Rolls-Royce liquide hydraulique minéral (LHM)) and silicone-based (DOT 5) fluids are also available. Most Brake fluids are manufactured...
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Personal lubricant (section Silicone-based)
with no lube". They also cited silicone-based lubricants as a potential alternative, although they did not test any silicone lubes in their study. A later...
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Scar (redirect from Silicone scar sheet)
concluded that verapamil-releasing silicone gel is effective and is a superior alternative to the conventional silicone gel where decreased median SEI, fibroblast...
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Defoamer (section Silicone-based defoamers)
Commonly used agents are insoluble oils, polydimethylsiloxanes and other silicones, certain alcohols, stearates and glycols. The additive is used to prevent...
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latex. Other materials used include silicone, neoprene, wood, metal, glass, stone, and many other materials. Silicone is a particularly good material, as...
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Synthetic rubber (section Silicone rubber)
used for electrical insulation. Silicone rubber is also a synthetic elastomer composed of silicone polymers. Silicone rubbers are widely used in industry...
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Grease (lubricant) (section Silicone grease)
of water, load, etc.) and its NLGI consistency number. Silicone grease is based on a silicone oil, usually thickened with amorphous fumed silica. Fluoropolymers...
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Realistic silicone masks can be obtained cheaply and have been used in crimes throughout the world. Silicone masks have been used as a disguise to conceal...
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