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Silanol vs Siloxane - What's the difference?

silanol | siloxane |

In organic chemistry terms the difference between silanol and siloxane

is that silanol is any hydroxy derivative of a silane, especially hydrocarbyl derivatives R3SiOH; an organosilanol while siloxane is any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring) with organic side chains.

As nouns the difference between silanol and siloxane

is that silanol is the silicon analogue of methanol SiH3OH while siloxane is any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring) with organic side chains.

silanol

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) the silicon analogue of methanol SiH3OH
  • (organic chemistry) any hydroxy derivative of a silane, especially hydrocarbyl derivatives R3SiOH; an organosilanol

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    siloxane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia siloxane) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring) with organic side chains

    • Derived terms

    * disiloxane * heterosiloxane * hexasiloxane * oligosiloxane * pentasiloxane * polysiloxane * tetrasiloxane * trisiloxane