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Siloxane vs Siloxy - What's the difference?

siloxane | siloxy | see also |

Siloxane is a see also of siloxy.


In organic chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between siloxane and siloxy

is that siloxane is (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 while siloxy is (organic chemistry) any univalent radical of the general formula r3si-o-.

As nouns the difference between siloxane and siloxy

is that siloxane is (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 while siloxy is (organic chemistry) any univalent radical of the general formula r3si-o-.

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

    siloxy

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any univalent radical of the general formula R3Si-O-
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , year = 1960 , journal = Soviet Physics — Crystallography , volume = 5 , page = 11 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=9yNXAAAAYAAJ&q=siloxy , passage = Zirconium silicate- catapleiite appeared to be a successful example of this — it was the second silicate with trimeric siloxy rings (Si3O5) similar to the configuration of Bragg's titanosilicate-benitoite. }}

    See also

    *siloxane