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Silicones in the construction industry

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Today, silicones have become virtually irreplaceable materials worldwide and have an extremely wide range of applications. The use of silicone room-temperature vulcanising (RTV) elastomers in the construction industry originated in the early 1960s. The value of silicone RTV elastomers is based on important properties such as their thermal stability, unusual surface properties, water repellency, high permeability, oxidative stability and ultraviolet (UV) resistance (Cash,1970).

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Irfan, M.H. (1998). Silicones in the construction industry. In: Chemistry and Technology of Thermosetting Polymers in Construction Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4954-9_6

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