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The difference between silicone and rubber
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2018-03-15 12:30
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According to the name of some chemistry books, "silica gel" should be the condensate of silica, the molecular formula is mSiO2?H2O. The "silica gel" is a highly active adsorption material, which is an amorphous substance, insoluble in water and any solvent, non-toxic and tasteless, chemically stable, and does not react with any substance except strong alkali and hydrofluoric acid. And we often say that the nose, breast filled in the silicone is the kind of silicone.
But in the mold industry, the "silica gel" we mentioned is usually not the silica gel of the silica hydrate mentioned above. Silicone in the mold industry is usually said to be a kind of polysiloxane. Simply put, the "silicone" in the mold industry is a kind of synthetic rubber, because it contains silicon atoms, so it is called silicone rubber, so it is referred to as "silicone".
Mold industry "silicone" a wide variety of different uses. As for product performance, there is a big gap according to the different raw materials, but in general, this "silicone" (to be exact, silicone rubber) will show a trend of replacing rubber in the future.
We often mention "silica gel" is often not simply refers to the condensation of silica, nor is it said that the mold industry above the siliconized synthetic rubber. Instead, the above two types of products are called "silicone". At this time
We also divide "silica gel" into organic silica gel and inorganic silica gel. Inorganic silica gel is the first kind of "silica gel" we mentioned-silica hydrate.
Silicon-containing synthetic rubber in the mold industry is called organic silica gel because it contains hydrocarbon groups. In some places, when talking about "silicone rubber", it will be defined as "between organic and inorganic", but more manufacturers of silicone rubber still claim to be the production of silicone.
From the above three cases, the concept of the word "silicone" is very confusing, but unfortunately, so far there is no national express law.
When we hear the word "silica gel", we must understand whether it is silica or silicon-containing synthetic rubber, or whether it is inorganic silica gel or organic silica gel.
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