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Describes the standardized practices, grammar, and vocabulary for product data.
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Silicon vs. Silicone #49

Closed mwmalinowski closed 10 years ago

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I regularly see confusion between Silicon and Silicone. We should make the distinction clear in our Material section.

Silicon is a semi-conductive metalloid Silicone is a rubber-like synthetic compound

To date I have yet to see anything marked Silicon that actually contained Silicon

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

Added Silicone and Silicon under Materials with descriptions as indicated above. Provided link to example of silicone. No correct examples available on website for Silicon. There are several instances where "silicon" is incorrectly indicated as the material.