{"id":123,"date":"2022-07-01T09:01:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T09:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiwowsport.com\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T09:01:14","slug":"what-is-silicone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/01\/what-is-silicone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is silicone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hiwowsport.com\/category\/products-store-117.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Silicone (opens in a new tab)\">Silicone<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is an inert synthetic compound that come in a variety of forms (oil,\u00a0rubber, resin). Typically, heat-resistant and rubber-like, they are present in\u00a0sealants,\u00a0adhesives, lubricants,\u00a0medical applications, cookware and insulation. Silicone is a polymer that contains silicon, combined with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and, in some cases, other elements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 >Silicone Properties <\/h2>\n<p >Silicone, due to its polysiloxane, provide several advantages: <br>\n  Thermal stability (from -80&#176;C to 250&#176;C) <\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Resistance to natural ageing (oxidation, UV) <\/li>\n  <li>Resistance to fire, low emission of smoke and toxic fumes, self-protection, ceramization of ashes <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p >Low surface energy <\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n  <li>Good wetting on many substrates <\/li>\n  <li>Hydrophobia (beading effect) <\/li>\n  <li>Release or adhesion properties, according to need <\/li>\n  <li>Exceptional harmlessness for a wide range of applications <\/li>\n  <li>Biocompatibility, well-suited for food contact and medical applications <\/li>\n  <li>Safe and comfortable skin contact <\/li>\n  <li>Flexible chain of up to -100&#176;C for enhanced lubrication and gas permeability performance <\/li>\n  <li>Easy processing, excellent spread and coating capabilities <\/li>\n  <li>Available in a variety of forms \u2013 fluids, liquid silicone elastomers (LSR) and high-consistency rubbers (HCR) <\/li>\n  <li> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2.png 400w, https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicone\u00a0is an inert synthetic compound that come in a variety of forms (oil,\u00a0rubber, resin). Typically, heat-resistant and rubber-like, they are present in\u00a0sealants,\u00a0adhesives, lubricants,\u00a0medical applications, cookware and insulation. Silicone is a polymer that contains silicon, combined with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and, in some cases, other elements.\u00a0 Silicone Properties Silicone, due to its polysiloxane, provide several &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/01\/what-is-silicone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is silicone?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-silicone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiwowsport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}