silicone

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Wires should be insulated with silicone rather than PVC, which can crack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

This leaves behind a silicone framework surrounding a network of ultra-small, air-filled channels.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2025

Dow and Corning established a joint venture in 1943 to make silicone and military products in the area.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

But Adame, 55, continued to perform silicone buttocks injections, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

The mask was a silicone rubber North respirator mask with a Lexan faceplate, for good visibility, and the purple filters were the kind that stop a virus.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston