Silicone
A polymer whose backbone consists of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms with organic side groups attached to the silicon.
How it connects
Silicone is a kind of Polymer.
Other kinds of Polymer: Acrylic, EVA, Man-made cellulosic, Plastic, Polyamide, Polyester, Polyolefin, Polyurethane, PTFE, Resin and Rubber.
In other taxonomies
- silicone plasticISO 1043-1, SIthe same thing
- siliconeWikidata, Q146439nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
- Polymer12
Silicone
12 terms, Rubber to Man-made cellulosic
Record
- Broader
- Polymer
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/siliconeKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- narrowerPolymerincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolymeroutgoing
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acrylicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)EVAoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Man-made cellulosicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasticoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyamideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyesteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyolefinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyurethaneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)PTFEoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Resinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Rubberoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 1043-1 | SI | silicone plastic | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q146439 | silicone | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Silicone | silicone via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |