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Dimethylpolysiloxane

viscosity 50 cSt (25 °C)(lit.)

Synonym(s):

Polydimethylsiloxane

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CAS Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

form

liquid

mol wt

~3,780

viscosity

50 cSt(25 °C)(lit.)

InChI

1S/C2H6OSi/c1-4(2)3/h1-2H3

InChI key

SEUDSDUUJXTXSV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Dimethylpolysiloxane has been used:
  • in culturing mouse embryos
  • in preparation of oil-based nano-adjuvant candidates
  • to reduce the brain movement in the post-cat craniotomy process

Clear, colorless fluid polymer useful as a stationary phase in gas chromatography and as an anti-foaming agent.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Dimethylpolysiloxane is a silicon-based organic polymer, inert and non-toxic. It is applicable in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industry. Dimethylpolysiloxane is excreted unchanged unaltered in the faeces and is non-mutagenic.
Dimethylpolysiloxane is used in protein chromatography and affininty chromatography. Dimethylpolysiloxane was used to determine that postprandial inflammatory response after ingestion of heated oils in obese persons is reduced by the presence of phenol compounds.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

609.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

321 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Sun, et al.
Brain Stimulation, 11, 667-675 (2019)
A Perez-Herrera et al.
Molecular nutrition & food research, 56(3), 510-514 (2011-12-14)
Heating during the process of cooking alters the chemical properties of foods and may affect subsequent postprandial inflammation. We tested the effects of four meals rich in different oils subjected to heating on the postprandial inflammatory metabolism of peripheral blood
Vyacheslav N Fishman et al.
Chemosphere, 84(7), 913-922 (2011-07-09)
The applicability of three different Silphenylene Silicone co-polymer (Si-Arylene) GC stationary phases (J&W Scientific DB-5ms, Varian VF-5ms, and VF-Xms) has been evaluated for the separation of all 136 tetra- through the octa- chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and chlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) from
Mara I Orozco et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 59(13), 7194-7202 (2011-06-08)
The influence of deep frying, mimicked by 20 heating cycles at 180 °C (each cycle from ambient temperature to 180 °C maintained for 5 min), on the unsaponifiable fraction of vegetable edible oils represented by three characteristic families of compounds

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