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Dow Corning offers unsurpassed product, formulation, and engineering
resources for all silanes
applications, including adhesion promotion, crosslinking, water
scavenging, coupling, dispersing, and hydrophobing.
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Fiberglass and
Composites - Throughout industry, from automotive to marine to aerospace,
from electronics to building construction to sporting goods, Dow Corning® brand
silanes figure prominently in the ever-increasing trend toward high strength
plastic composites.
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Mineral and Filler
Treatment - Using alkoxysilanes, organo-reactive silane coupling agents,
and silane crosslinkers you can improve hydrophobicity, coupling performance
and compatibility between materials, and other material properties.
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Paint - Ink -
Coatings - Silane monomers, in the form of organofunctional alkoxysilanes,
have wide utility in coatings as adhesion promoters, pigment treatments, and
crosslinking agents.
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Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing - Providing unique chemical properties that protect various
carboxy, amino and hydroxyl groups, silanes have been used for more than 20
years in the production of antibiotics such as penicillin and
celphlasporin-type medications.
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Plastics and
Rubber - Silanes are the key to providing a method of effectively bonding
various inorganics to the polymer phase.
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Sealants and
Adhesives - Silanes are widely used to improve the adhesion of a broad
range of adhesives and sealants to inorganic substrates such as metals, glass
and stone.
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Water Repellents and
Surface Protection - Dow Corning® brand water and stain repellent materials
are used to hydrophobe and oleophobe surfaces, making them resistant to water
and oil ingress.
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