silicone
The origin and history of silicone.
Etymology
Formed from silicon plus the suffix -one, originally coined when chemists tried to make a silicon version of a ketone.
The origin and history of silicone.
Formed from silicon plus the suffix -one, originally coined when chemists tried to make a silicon version of a ketone.
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