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What is polymers and monomers of silicone? Where we can use it in our daily lives? Who and how it was discovered?

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Silicone polymers, more properly called polysiloxanes,do not have carbon as part of the backbone structure.
polysiloxanes are polymers that include any inert, synthetic compound made up of repeating units of siloxane, which is a chain of alternating silicon atoms and oxygen atoms, combined with carbon, hydrogen,and sometimes other elements.
Silicones have in general the chemical formula [R2SiO]n, where R is an organic group such as an alkyl.
Silicones are water repellent, heat stable, and very resistant to chemical attack. They find many uses in oils, greases, and rubberlike materials. Silicone oils are very desirable since they do not decompose at high temperature and do not become viscous. Other silicones are used in hydraulic fluids, electrical insulators and moisture proofing agent in fabrics.Silicones have a number of medical applications because they are chemically inert. Medical devices composed of silicone may be approved by the FDA for permanent or temporary implantation.
Silicon was discovered by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, in 1824 by heating chips of potassium in a silica container and then carefully washing away the residual by-products.

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