• What is silicone?
  • 01 What is silicone
    made of?
  • 02 How is silicone made?
  • 03 What types of silicone products are available?
  • 04 Features attributable to siloxane bonds
  • 05 Features attributable to molecular structure
  • 06 Features of silicone (VIDEO)
  • 07 Applications: Silicone in Our Daily Lives
  • 08 Silicon-Chemistry Carbon Balance

02 How is silicone made?

Silicone is manufactured according to a process scheme similar to that shown below. Silicones are grouped into fluids, rubbers, liquid rubbers, resins and silanes.