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silicone

class of liquid or rubbery, heat-resistant, stable substance consisting of polymers or oligomers of siloxane with other atoms
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silicone

Summary

silicone is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. silicone ranks in the top 1% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,636 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • silicone's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • silicone is a type of polymer[4].
  • silicone's Commons category is recorded as Silicones[5].
  • silicone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Silicones[6].
  • silicone's has characteristic is recorded as thermal resistance[7].
  • silicone's different from is recorded as silicone rubber[8].
  • silicone's different from is recorded as silicon[9].
  • silicone's polymer of is recorded as polydimethylsiloxane[10].
  • silicone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

Why It Matters

silicone ranks in the top 1% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,636 views/month).[2] silicone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] silicone is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

silicone gels

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_silicone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{silicone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/silicone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    Aliases → —
    Different from → silicone rubber, silicon
    Topic's main category → Category:Silicones
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 925, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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