Environmental fate of silicones
End-of-life of silicone polymers
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Environmental fate of silicones
End-of-life of silicone polymers

Authors : Baptiste LAUBIE, Patrick GERMAIN

Publication date: December 10, 2013, Review date: February 25, 2020 | Lire en français

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4. Environmental fate of silicones

The different degradation pathways of silicones result in compounds with very different environmental characteristics. Siloxanes can be grouped into three classes, according to their physico-chemical properties: PDMS, of course, MSVs and silanols.

The end-of-life of a PDMS is shown in figure 11 . Each element is described in detail below.

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