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Siloxane
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siloxane [si′läk‚sān]
(organic chemistry)
R2SiO Any of a family of silica-based polymers in which R is an alkyl group, usually methyl; these polymers exist as oily liquids, greases, rubbers, resins, or plastics. Also known as oxosilane.

Siloxane 

any of the compounds containing the grouping

Siloxanes are anhydrides of silicon acids. Organosiloxanes (seeORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS) and polyorganosiloxanes (seeSILICONES) are the most important of these compounds. [23–1092–]



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2]/g; (*3)--copolymer of dimethylsiloxane (50 mol %) and methylhydrogensiloxane (50 mol %) having both molecular terminals capped trimethylsiloxy groups, (*4)--3.
LMWS consist of both cyclic and linear molecules with repeating units of dimethylsiloxane, of which [D.
For SCLCPs based on siloxane backbones, which are usually synthesized via hydrosilylation reactions (2), a reduction in the glass transition temperature is usually achieved by reacting the monomer with a backbone that carries a certain amount of dimethylsiloxane units.
 
 
 
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