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Remember your last trip to the beach? You may not have realized it at the
time, but you were standing in the middle of Dow Corning’s technology
playground.
Sand, the fine residue of quartz rock, is made up of oxygen and silicon.
Silicon is the second most abundant element on Earth. In addition to sand,
silicon is also found in other everyday materials, such as clay, granite and
many minerals.
At Dow Corning, we focus on creating products based on silicon chemistry.
Some of our products are built from silicon in its elemental state. For
example, a small wafer of highly purified silicon is found in virtually every
computer, including the one you are using right now.
Silicon can be processed to create endless material possibilities:
free-flowing resins, rigid plastics, rubbers, greases, powders, and fluids that
are thinner than water or as thick as paste. Many of these materials are
commonly known as silicones.
Explore the endless applications for our technology and the
life-changing breakthroughs it has enabled.
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