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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Siloxanes > Silicones > Silicone Oils
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Siloxanes > Silicones > Silicone Oils
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Siloxanes > Silicones > Silicone Oils
Organic Chemicals > Organosilicon Compounds > Siloxanes > Silicones > Silicone Oils
Inorganic Chemicals > Silicon Compounds > Siloxanes > Silicones > Silicone Oils

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Silicone Oils  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Oil, Silicone
  • Silicone Oil

Scope note

  • Organic siloxanes which are polymerized to the oily stage. The oils have low surface tension and density less than 1. They are used in industrial applications and in the treatment of retinal detachment, complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012827

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