The Process According to the Invention

Let's discuss what makes these two materials so dissimilar. As a matter of fact, silicone oil and polyurethane are not interchangeable with one another. The similarity lies in the fact that both are comprised entirely of silanes. The similarity also lies in the fact that the two have unique properties that allow them to be able to provide a solid and flexible support for a variety of industrial applications. Now let's take a look at what it means for a compound like silicone oil to qualify as a monomer.

A monomer is any substance that has one single molecule attached to a proton. For example, carbon atoms are composed of only a single carbon atom, and each carbon atom carries only one valence electron. The electrons are arranged in a unique way so that when the molecules are put together in an appropriate fashion, they form a single bonded molecule. Thus, carbon is a monomer, because it contains carbon atoms bonded together by just their bases, namely hydrogen and oxygen. Similarly, silicone oil (and any other type of fluid) can be described as a monomer because each molecule is made up of one atom containing hydrogen bonding to an oxygen atom, or vice-versa.

However, silicone oil isn't a monomer. In fact, it isn't even a polymer. The basic silicone oil structure consists of a sequence of partially hydrophobic lipids and a few covalent polymers. The lipids and polymers are joined together through a series of chemical reactions catalyzed by internet that forms a solid structure called a plug.

So, just how are silicone oils different from polymers? Well, silicone oils consist primarily of silicone hydroxides, whereas polymers consist primarily of polyimide compounds. Silicone oils, on the other hand, contain silicone atoms arranged in a regular crystalline structure that is highly similar to the regular crystalline structures that make up rubies, emeralds, and other naturally occurring gemstones. While silicone oils are also semi-precious gemstones, the only thing really differentiating them from gemstones is that they are made synthetically, rather than through nature.

In order for a silicone oil product to qualify as one, it must undergo a silicone oil monomerization process using a specific catalyst. This process of monomerization, which is the catalyst that makes the two silicone molecules bind together, occurs during a very simple pre-workout procedure. the prior art, however, did not use a known catalyst, so there was no way to determine what that would be. Therefore, prior art products could not be patented. Now, silicone oil companies are able to patent their products based on their own knowledge of the processes that produce the monomers.

In order to understand how the process according to the invention works, you first have to understand how silicone oil and other hydrosilylable units are made. Before the discovery of silicone oil, these compounds were produced through the natural process of polymerization, where two chemical structures are synthesized by adding another chemical structure. Polymerization allows multiple chemical structures to join together to form new materials. In the case of silicone oil, a series of carbon-reacted polymers are added together in order to create the two hydrosilylable units described above. After the addition of the polymers, heat is used to link the two hydrosilylable units together, resulting in the formation of the silicone oil.