Why Silicone is a Miracle Material | Chemistry

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  • Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
  • Today I want to unveil some of the mystery behind what exactly silicone is made out of and what makes it different from silicon. I go into the chemistry of both elemental silicon and the silicone polymer that is derived from it. I go into the chemical structures of silicone polymers and what gives different types of silicone their properties.

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  • @volkerschuster8079
    @volkerschuster8079 Год назад +5

    Very clear and articulate explanation of a complex subject. Hugely accessible and useful, thank you Zahl.

  • @curtismcdonald6461
    @curtismcdonald6461 Год назад +3

    Fantastic lesson‼️😃 You shared this in a style that allowed me to follow you without getting into the high weeds of confusion. Your descriptions were easy to follow. Thank you‼️😃👍

  • @wurmschn3693
    @wurmschn3693 2 месяца назад

    Exactly what I was looking for.
    Very well explained, thank you

  • @ishakaurkohli
    @ishakaurkohli 2 года назад

    hey hi! i am currently pursuing polymer science, your videos are great, and inspire me sm

  • @kimedwards670
    @kimedwards670 2 года назад +1

    Great Video! in second semester of chem 1st year in Australia. Any advice for an aspiring scientist?

  • @nigeypants5500
    @nigeypants5500 Год назад

    Very helpful, thank you!

  • @GroundedRoots
    @GroundedRoots Год назад

    Great video. Thanks!

  • @MrMraza123
    @MrMraza123 8 месяцев назад

    Very helpful, please make video on preparation of Silicone rubber.

  • @wroughtiron7258
    @wroughtiron7258 2 месяца назад +1

    You did my dog "I'm me, who you" wrong when you pronounced his name.

  • @cristianmendoza5774
    @cristianmendoza5774 6 месяцев назад +2

    Can someone explain why silicone is expensive rather with other similar plastics?

    • @yasirrakhurrafat1142
      @yasirrakhurrafat1142 2 месяца назад

      For one, it is made of solicon, elemental silicon (a metal).
      Which is.. I'm sure.. more expensive than hydrocarbons i.e raw material that polymers/plastics are usually synthesized from.
      Hydrocarbons are gas/oils.
      Petrol,/gasoline, etc.
      Plus the process of synthesizing silicon may be different, more expensive, more work, than common plastics.

  • @juanmarquez9988
    @juanmarquez9988 Год назад

    What elements can you mix to make silicone other that dioxide

  • @yeshua418Q
    @yeshua418Q Месяц назад

    As explained this is great for lev energy no eddy effect

  • @mrsshoaib5515
    @mrsshoaib5515 3 месяца назад

    Is it reuse or recycle ? What to do with waste of silicone rubber? Or dried silicone

  • @user-hd6eu5lu2o
    @user-hd6eu5lu2o 8 месяцев назад

    i like it ,i, lean a lout bout i what too ask quction what part can you use silicone for is it holy traicetor and boud or you can use it for steel chromion and some other thing thank you

  • @Carbidestruck
    @Carbidestruck 2 года назад +1

    Starting my first-year of chemistry at the University of Helsinki! Thank you for highlighting the field of chemistry!
    Ps. Any opinion on the future of chemists in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry?

    • @zahlazizi
      @zahlazizi  2 года назад +2

      Pharmaceuticals/biotech are one of the biggest growing industries in chem and they pay well!

  • @vincentdeneale3466
    @vincentdeneale3466 2 года назад

    What's the best way to get in contact with you? It's in regards to a future video. Thanks

  • @kpodugbejacob9984
    @kpodugbejacob9984 2 месяца назад

    Nice one

  • @simonlinser8286
    @simonlinser8286 Год назад

    one time i was mixing some plant stuff like i think potassium silicate, and maybe citric acid i think? i was just putting the right amounts in a shot glass so i could pour it in the water, and it did this crazy thing where it gelled up and was really interesting but even though i measured it out and wrote it down i couldn't really replicate it... maybe i accidentally added some phosphate on accident and forgot... but it made me wonder how silicone was made...

  • @yeshua418Q
    @yeshua418Q Месяц назад

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  • @transkryption
    @transkryption Год назад

    Why do solvents, glues polymers seems like such a dark art?
    Hidden behind commercial formulations and patents.
    Pharmaceuticals comparatively seem quite open... Or am I imagining things?

  • @michaelzessin9227
    @michaelzessin9227 2 года назад

    Cute.

  • @juanmarquez9988
    @juanmarquez9988 Год назад

    In season

  • @atmanand5802
    @atmanand5802 Год назад

    💖🥗🌟

  • @elenapark7180
    @elenapark7180 11 месяцев назад

    what r u shooting on, the video I am ME who funny

  • @yeshua418Q
    @yeshua418Q Месяц назад

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  • @Incogneato
    @Incogneato Год назад

    Covid wasn't as bad as they cracked it up to be, right?