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siloxane

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siloxane /si·lox·ane/ (si-lok´sān) any of various compounds based on a substituted backbone of alternating silica and oxygen molecules; in polymeric form they are polysiloxanes, and when the side chain substituents are organic radicals, they are silicones.


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The latter co-monomer can be prepared by reaction of a chloro-terminated siloxane with excess BPA, or, alternatively, by hydrosilation of a hydride-terminated siloxane with a functionalized phenolic compound.
Airex 904 W, a liquid polyether siloxane copolymer containing fumed silica, is supplied 100% active as a concentrate.
McLean has revealed that the new lens material is based on siloxane, which is very biocompatible and is already used in biomedical devices.
 
 
 
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