siloxane

si·lox·ane

any of a class of compounds, varying from liquids to hard resins, whose molecules are composed of chains of alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, usually with hydrogen or hydrocarbon groups attached to the free valences of the silicon atoms

Origin of siloxane

sil(icon) + ox(ygen) + -ane

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siloxane

noun

Any of a class of chemical compounds of silicon, oxygen, and hydrogen, based on the repeating structural unit H₂SiO.

Origin of siloxane

sil(icon) ox(ygen) -ane

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Noun

(plural siloxanes)

(organic chemistry) any of a class of compound having a short repeating unit of silicon and oxygen atoms (either in a chain or a ring) with organic side chains

Origin

from silicon + oxygen + alkane

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