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Polyimide vs Silicone - What's the difference?

polyimide | silicone |

As nouns the difference between polyimide and silicone

is that polyimide is (chemistry) any polymer whose monomers are imides; used to make high-temperature resins while silicone is .

polyimide

English

Noun

(wikipedia polyimide) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any polymer whose monomers are imides; used to make high-temperature resins

    • silicone

    English

    (wikipedia silicone)

    Noun

  • (chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts

    • Derived terms

    * siliconed * silicone grease * siliconing * silicone rubber

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