Silicones are among the world’s most important and adaptable materials, used in thousands of products and applications. The backbone of silicon and oxygen atoms is the foundation of silicone chemistry and allows for the formation of siloxanes. Siloxanes are raw materials based on silicon, oxygen, hydrogen and carbon and are the critical building blocks used to make silicone polymers. Silicones can be made to resist moisture, chemicals, heat, cold, and ultraviolet radiation. Silicones display a host of unique properties that can lubricate, seal, bond, release, defoam, spread, and encapsulate. Because of these and other properties, silicone polymers are utilized in thousands of products in applications such as construction, consumer products, electronics, energy, healthcare, and transportation.