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Silicones

"Silicones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A broad family of synthetic organosiloxane polymers containing a repeating silicon-oxygen backbone with organic side groups attached via carbon-silicon bonds. Depending on their structure, they are classified as liquids, gels, and elastomers. (From Merck Index, 12th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Silicones" by people in this website by year, and whether "Silicones" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004 and 2007
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