SILICONE FLUIDS AND SILICONE EMULSIONS FROM WACKER

Silicones are particularly stable and exceptionally resistant to such influences as heat and electromagnetic radiation. Above all, silicone fluids from WACKER are ideal for use in all kinds of industries – cosmetics, pharma and textiles, to name but a few.

Silicones consist of an inorganic backbone made of alternate silicon and oxygen atoms. Chemists refer to them as polydiorganosiloxanes. The two other valencies of the silicon atoms are occupied with organic groups (mainly methyls). These are responsible for silicones’ semi-organic nature.

The bond energy of a silicon-silicon bond is much greater than that of a carbon-carbon bond. This make silicones much more stable and more resistant to diverse influences.