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Silicone vs Silicates - What's the difference?

silicone | silicates |

As nouns the difference between silicone and silicates

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 silicates is plural of silicate.

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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    silicates

    English

    Noun

    (head)