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The applications of organo-silicon compounds and the relation of their unique properties to their chemistry.
The applications of organo-silicon compounds and the relation of their unique properties to their chemistry.
| Module code and title: | S304, The nature of chemistry |
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| Item code: | S304; 22 |
| First transmission date: | 09-06-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Barrie Whatley |
| Contributors: | Eddie Abel; Alan Bassindale; Cecil Frye; Earl Warrick |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Asbestos; Dibenzoyl; Organosilicon; Polysiloxanes |
| Footage description: | Footage - Film of Apollo manned lunar landing (0'01"-0'57") - Asbestos, mica, quartz, heat resistant gloves & wine glass. Model of SiO4 tetrahedron. Models of asbestos, mica and quartz (1'37"-3'08") - Picture of F.S. Kipping (3'27"-3'39") - Graphic of hydrolysis of silicon compound (3'40"-4'07") - Dow Corning, Michigan (4'46"-5'00") - Photo of Dr James Franklin Hyde (5'15"-5'24") - Glass fibre tape (5'50"-6'04") - Photo of Rob Roy McGregor (6'09"-6'18") - Motors with silicone & conventional insulation (7'00"-7'12") - Graphic of siloxane & asbestos molecular structure (7'57"-8'25") - Flow characteristics of silicone at different temperatures. Model of polysiloxane (8'31"-9'47") - Samples of different silicone rubbers (10'14"-10'27") - Graphic of dibenzoyl peroxide mixed with long chain fluid to form dimethyl cross-links between chains (10'41"-11'21"). Silicone rubber adhesive applied to two sheets of glass. Graphic of hydrolysis of acetoxy-silane & self condensation of silanols (11'48"-13'28") - Graphic of hydroxy groups hooked onto adhesive. Brick treated with silicone (14'16-15'05") - Finger joint made from high quality silicon rubber. Photo and x-ray of arthritic hand before and after silicone finger joints fitted (16'19"-16'48") - Contact lens (17'25"-17'39") - Eye & eye with lens (18'29"-18'52") - Graphic of chloro alkyl silicon compound & plant hormones (20'00"-20'46") - Graphic of cyclic tetrasiloxane 2,6 cis diphenyl hexa methyl cyclotetra siloxane (2,6 cis) (21'12"-21'50") - Rubber material being bounced, moulded, torn and pressed back together (22'40"-23'15") - Graphic of structure of silicone oil heated with boric acid (23'26"-24'07"). |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72472 |
| Production number: | 00525_1230 |
| Videofinder number: | 905 |
| Available to public: | no |
