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What is silicone?

Chemistry For Your Life

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Silicon Is a Common Element in the Periodic Table

Si is an element on the periodic table. It makes up more than 25% of the Earth's crest. Can you think of anything that you know that it's in? Uh, computer chips? Yeah. And then silica is silicon dioxide. So one silicone, silicon, one element Si and two oxygens. That is sand.

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