siloxane

noun

si·lox·ane sə-ˈläk-ˌsān

sī-

: any of various compounds containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms in either a linear or cyclic arrangement usually with one or two organic groups attached to each silicon atom

Examples of siloxane in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In this recent work, her lab generated an enzyme that can biodegrade volatile methyl siloxanes. —

Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024 The researchers noticed that siloxane levels were highest during the morning rush hour, most likely because that’s when people first left their homes after applying personal-care products in the morning. —

Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 2 May 2018 What was surprising, though, was that levels of another compound—called D5 siloxane—were just as high. —

Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 2 May 2018 The chemicals are siloxanes — their basic form is one atom of oxygen linked to two atoms of silicon — which form polymers, long chains of repeating units. —

Gina Kolata, New York Times, 9 May 2016

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