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Specialty Chemistry Forums => Materials and Nanochemistry forum => Topic started by: masco89 on June 11, 2013, 07:01:19 PM
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Hi all, i really hope you cold help me to find a very important answer:
i burned a little quantity of commercial silicone (the same silicone you can commonly find in shops) a obtained a quite-white powder. Someone can explain me what kind of powder is it? i would really appreciate to know by which chemical groups is it composed.
Thank you in advance, ask me if i need more details or if my request is not clear.
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I could look it up, but I think I can guess. Let's try to figure it out together: what compounds make up silicone? What elements are present? Can you look up some of that on Google? What is the nature of some of the elements? Burning to leave a white powder, now that's something that doesn't happen all the time. Look up: refractory, and see if its a useful hint.
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Silicone is known to leave a silica powder when burning. I also did it as a teen, with the same result.