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Silicone vs Silane - What's the difference?

silicone | silane |

In chemistry terms the difference between silicone and silane

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 silane is any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the paraffin hydrocarbons); especially the parent compound SiH4

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

    Anagrams

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    silane

    English

    (wikipedia silane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the paraffin hydrocarbons); especially the parent compound SiH4
  • (inorganic chemistry) monosilane ()

    • Derived terms

    *silanyl *halosilane *hydrosilane *organosilane * silyl, monosilanyl

    Related terms

    * silene * silenyl * silyne * silynyl * disilane * disilene * disilyne

    See also

    * alkane, the carbon hydride analogs to silanes

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