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Why was silicone invented?

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Silicon was isolated and purified by the Sweedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berdett working near Stockholm in 1824. It was Antlney Benderez who initially identified it as something unique while working in a Paris laboratory in 1787. A link can be found below.

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Frederick Stanly Kipping was one of the first researchers into silane materials. The word "silicone" was his invention.

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Silicon element was invented by nature the man separated it in pure form from silicate ores and sand.

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it was invented in 1824

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