What’s the main application to organosilicon ？
How to use the silicones in daily life?
Military use
The exploration and research of organosilicon compounds dates back to the 18th century, but the rapid development of organosilicon was due to its use in World War II as a special material for military equipment such as aircraft, rockets, and tanks. Silicone material is a typical semi-inorganic semi-organic polymer material, with unique high and low temperature resistance, oxygen resistance, light resistance and weather aging resistance, so it is widely used in aircraft structural plugs, resistors, radio electronic equipment surface sealing and so on.
Aerospace
"That's one small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind." This sentence with the success of the United States moon landing in 1969 and known to the people of the world, the American astronaut Armstrong left the first human footprints on the surface of the moon, and he was wearing a pair of boots shoe sole material is organic silicone rubber!
Of course, today, the application of silicone materials in aerospace is more extensive, instrument oil, damping oil, special hydraulic oil, advanced coating and so on are inseparable from silicone materials.
Just as many scientific and technological products are due to military wars and popularized in life, so are silicone materials! Due to its excellent performance, silicone materials were quickly applied to all aspects of production and life after World War II! It can be said that from the time we open our glasses in the morning until we go to bed at night, we will work with silicone products all day long.
Cosmetics
Silicone was first used in cosmetics as a hand cream produced by Dow Corning in 1950. Today, silicone has been successfully used in perfume, hair wax, conditioner, lip balm, shaving cream, deodorant, eyeshadow, nail polish and sunscreen in hundreds of cosmetic products
In the morning shower, the silicone oil contained in shampoo and conditioner makes our hair smoother, and the silicone oil contained in the skin cream applied to the face can cover the face with a layer of extremely thin gauze mask, so as to maintain moisture and protect the skin. Oily foundation, nail polish, sunscreen, eyeshadow contains cyclic dimethicone, evaporating skin does not feel cool, and no residue.
In recent years, the application of organosilicon in the field of daily chemical industry has developed rapidly, and has become one of the main Liangyu in the application of organosilicon. Almost all personal care products contain siloxane ingredients, and this versatile functional raw material continues to expand its application field with the advent of new products. Due to its easily adjustable functional properties and excellent sensory properties, coupled with its environmental and consumer safety benefits, siloxanes are increasingly being used to partially or completely replace useful ingredients in organic raw materials in cosmetics and toiletries.