We encounter silicones every day without noticing them. Under the hood, silicone rubber protects car electronics against moisture and dirt; in washing machines, silicone antifoam agents prevent the detergent from foaming over; in shampoo, silicones give hair its sheen; as silicone resin emulsion paints, they give masonry water repellency, while allowing water vapor and carbon dioxide to diffuse out of its interior. But also in medical applications requiring high resistance or cutting-edge products, silicones deliver genuine peak performance – serving as particularly pure material in medical tubing, wound dressings or orthopedic products, and as safe sealing and insulating materials in electrical equipment or insulators.
