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silicon is a compound used to make silicone
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Potential barrier of silicon is 0.7, whereas potential barrier of germanium is 0.3
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∙ 9y agoSilicone is a type of polymer and some silicones are plastics (other silicones are oils, greases, etc.).
The main difference between silicone plastics and "ordinary" plastics is that silicones have silicon atoms in some or all of the places where the "ordinary" polymers have carbon atoms. This makes them tougher and more weather resistant than "ordinary" plastics (e.g. silicone rubber will stay flexible at low temperatures which would turn "ordinary" plastic/rubber brittle and silicone plastics will not burn/melt at high temperatures where "ordinary" plastics would).
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∙ 12y agosilicon is a compound used to make silicone
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∙ 11y agoSilicon is an element in group 14 in Periodic Table, and silicones are a genre of compounds made out of the elements including silicon and oxygen.
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What is the difference between silicone and silicon and what are they?
silicon is the name of the element. A silicone is a type of polymeric compound of silicon that contains a silicon-oxygen backbone and alkyl groups (e.g. CH3) attached to the silicon e.g. [Si(CH3)2O]n See wikipedia silicone for examples of the different uses of silicones- and the silicon article for a picture of silicon.
Is silicone an element or compound?
Silicones are polymers that include the element silicon together with carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes other elements. Therefore, silicones are compounds.
What is silicon classified as?
silicones are classified as metalloid as it is a semi conductor. moreover,they are water repellent,inert,can resist high temperature without decomposing,and are in the form of oil and wax....
What is the main difference between metamorphic rocks and most other rocks?
most metamophic rocks contain a high amount of oxygen and silicon
Is silicon a compound?
Silicon (Si) is an element, like oxygen, gold, carbon, or helium. It is not a compound and contains no compounds. Perhaps you meant silcone, which is a complex compound containing Si-O groupings. Wikipedia describes silicone thus: "More precisely called polymerized siloxanes or polysiloxanes, silicones are mixed inorganic-organic polymers with the chemical formula [R2SiO]n, where R = organic groups such as methyl, ethyl, and phenyl. These materials consist of an inorganic silicon-oxygen backbone (…-Si-O-Si-O-Si-O-…) with organic side groups attached to the silicon atoms, which are four-coordinate."
What is the difference between silicone and silicon and what are they?
silicon is the name of the element. A silicone is a type of polymeric compound of silicon that contains a silicon-oxygen backbone and alkyl groups (e.g. CH3) attached to the silicon e.g. [Si(CH3)2O]n See wikipedia silicone for examples of the different uses of silicones- and the silicon article for a picture of silicon.
Is silicone an element or compound?
Silicones are polymers that include the element silicon together with carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes other elements. Therefore, silicones are compounds.
Is silicon a mixture element or compound?
Silicon is a element.! this is because anything from the periodic table is in fact elements! :)
Is silicon flamable?
Yes, the fire produces white powder called sand
Is silica an organic compound?
Silica IS a compound - silicon dioxide. Perhaps you mean silicates? silicones? other silicon compounds?
What is the difference between silica and silicon dioxide?
They are the same substance.
Is there a difference between silica and silicon?
Yes. Silica is a compound with the formula SiO2, while silicon is an element with symbol Si. There are many chemical and physical differences between them.
What is the origin name for silicone?
Silicones are polysiloxane compounds (basically complex organic compounds with some or all of the Carbon atoms replaced with Silicon atoms). If you were asking about the element Silicon, that's a different story. That comes from the Latin word Silicus, meaning "Flint" (which is a type of rock containing Silicon).
What is used to clean silicon?
They actually sell special cleaners for the use to clean silicon. It is not recommended to use any other type of generic cleaner to clean silicon due to the possibility you may ruin it or cause damage.
What is the difference between epdm and silicon gasket?
hi i have a quation about the diference between the epdm and silicon gasket ? on the oder hand which of them is good for seeling on the compress? (meckanical parameter requred) thanks.
What is difference between silicon and germanium according to atomic structure?
Electron configuration of silicon: [Ne]3s23p2 Electron configuration of germanium: [Ar]3d104s24p2
Is a silicon a element?
Yes. It's number 14 on the Periodic Table of elements.
