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by s0rce 1 day ago
Siloxanes contaminate everything. We routinely see them on various surfaces when doing X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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Indeed. "Grease peaks" we called them, they were always there in basically all NMR or MS spectra I took as an organic chemist. Like PFAS or microplastics, you just can't get rid of them.
You can see this grease by the effect it has on water contact angle. If you have a smooth glass/metal/ceramic surface, cleaned by a highly effective method (e.g. an ultrasonic cleaner), water poured on it will slide off easily without forming beads ("water-break test"). But if you leave it out in ordinary air for some time, the water will form beads again even if you never touch it. Exact time varies depending on air quality, but probably within a few hours.
That's not always siloxanes, just atmospheric hydrocarbons.
I bet some of these modern environmental contaminants is causing the increasing age cohort cancer rates.
Look up the biocompatibility and safety profiles of siloxanes
Yeah probably one of the others.
Apparently we also put polydimethylsiloxane in deep frying oil. Wonder what that does to our innards.
For antifoaming?
Yeah, that's why it's included.