Methylsiloxanes
Methylsiloxanes are a class of compounds often used for water-repellant industrial lubricants, where the organic groups hanging off the silicon atoms are methyls.[1] They may make up 2% to 4.3% of the total mass of organic aerosols.[2]
An example of this chemical class is polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS).
References
[edit]- ^ Yao, Peng; Holzinger, Rupert; Oyama, Beatriz Sayuri; Masalaite, Agne; Paul, Dipayan; Ni, Haiyan; Noto, Hanne; Materić, Dušan; Andrade, Maria de Fátima; Huang, Ru-Jin; Dusek, Ulrike (2026). "Widespread occurrence of large molecular methylsiloxanes in ambient aerosols". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 26 (7): 5005–5018. doi:10.5194/acp-26-5005-2026.
- ^ "A newly recognized pollutant is widely present in the atmosphere". April 16, 2026.