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Silicone vs Fluoroelastomer - What's the difference?

silicone | fluoroelastomer |

As nouns the difference between silicone and fluoroelastomer

is that silicone is 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 while fluoroelastomer is any of a range of partially fluorinated polymers or copolymers that are chemically and thermally stable elastomers.

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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    fluoroelastomer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a range of partially fluorinated polymers or copolymers that are chemically and thermally stable elastomers