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si·lox·ane

(sĭ-lŏk′sān′, sī-)

Any of a class of chemical compounds of silicon, oxygen, and hydrogen, based on the repeating structural unit H₂SiO.

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siloxane

(sɪˈlɒkseɪn)

(Elements & Compounds) any of a class of compounds containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms with the silicon atoms bound to hydrogen atoms or organic groups. Many are highly complex polymers. See also silicone

[C20: from sil(icon) + ox(ygen) + (meth)ane]

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si•lox•ane

(sɪˈlɒk seɪn)

n.

any of the class of chemical compounds containing the structural unit R₂SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.

[1920–25; sil (icon) + ox (ygen) + -ane]

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siloxane - any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms

chemical compound, compound - (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

silicone, silicone polymer - any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation

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K50 I is a clear, silane siloxane compound which allows the appearance of the substrate to be kept, while protecting against water penetration and frost damage.

Liquid Plastics. (Specifier's Information)

William Lewis, president of California Hardcoating, said that his coating, called Perm-New, is a "nano-particle, silica-based, crosslinked methyl siloxane resin." He said the coating is hard, but has enough flexibility so it won't crack when applied to the substrate.

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As part of a project focused on the development of chiral chromatographic stationary phases, our group has been working on the synthesis of chiral siloxane stationary phases.

Synthesis of chiral bromosilanes. (Chemistry Poster Abstracts)

The investment plans include a series of incremental siloxane debottlenecking and efficiency improvement projects over the next three years to further increase capacity and efficiency of Dow's siloxane manufacturing facilities around the world; a hydroxyl functional siloxane polymer plant in Carrollton, KY, which will increase Dow's polymer capacity in the Americas by 65%; and additional expansion projects to increase capacity in Dow's high-value performance silicones products and intermediates.

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In this technique, polyvinyl siloxane material is used with putty consistency utilized as a custom tray.

MODIFIED PROCEDURE OF INDIRECT PATTERN FOR FABRICATING CAST POST AND CORE

These new, low-foaming optimized siloxane superwetting surfactants can provide premium equilibrium and dynamic surface tension reduction as well as improved flow and leveling for difficult to wet surfaces.

Air products introduces new superwetters, defoamer at ECS

Silencure SRT provides a cuing compound and penetrating siloxane sealer in a single product that can be applied on broom finished, precast, hand or machine troweled surfaces.

Slab cure & seal

Keywords Marine coatings, Fouling, Siloxane, Polyurethane, Ulva

The effect of formulation variables on fouling-release performance of stratified siloxane-polyurethane coatings

The method entails inserting articles into a cleaning basket of a dry cleaning machine; immersing the articles in a cleaning fluid comprising a siloxane solvent composition; agitating them in a siloxane solvent composition; filtering the siloxane solvent composition through at least one regenerative filter having a pre-coating comprising an activated clay and removing the siloxane composition from the articles.

Dry cleaning method from GreenEarth Cleaning

The purpose of the present study is to explore the possibility of restricting further the swelling in water of water of highly sulfonated sPS membranes, through the inclusion of siloxane network domains by the sol-gel method.

Control of morphology of sulfonated syndio-polystyrene membranes through constraints imposed by siloxane networks

Uvasils 299, 2000, 2006, and 2007 are a new generation of oligomeric HALS based on a siloxane backbone.

UV stabilizers

The researchers first stretched a film of a common elastic polymer called poly(dimethyl siloxane), or PDMS, which is used for caulking, lubrication, and various other purposes.