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Preparation and Properties of Silicone Elastomers

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Silicon-Containing Polymers

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Silicones have been commercially available since the 1940’s and the most dominant member of this class of synthetic polymers is poly(dimethylsiloxane), (PDMS) -[(CH3)2SiO] y —. The polysiloxane or silicone industry may be conveniently grouped into products based upon fluids (which may or may not contain functional groups), cross-linked elastomers and resins. [1] In our day-to-day life we encounter silicone elastomers in applications ranging from highway sealants to contact lenses. Details of the formulation, fabrication and applications of silicone elastomers up to 1978 have been documented by Lynch [2], developments in the 1980’s were covered in a series of reviews and monographs from the Dow Corning Corporations elastomers group [3–5] and work into the 1990s was described in a review by Stein from General Electric in 1996 [6]. Thomas reviewed the principal cure chemistries utilised in the preparation of silicone elastomers in 1993 [7].

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Clarson, S.J. (2000). Preparation and Properties of Silicone Elastomers. In: Jones, R.G., Ando, W., Chojnowski, J. (eds) Silicon-Containing Polymers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3939-7_5

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