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The advantages of silicones compared with traditional materials in respect of high performance, safety and convenience.
The advantages of silicones compared with traditional materials in respect of high performance, safety and convenience.
| Module code and title: | S343, Inorganic chemistry |
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| Item code: | S343; VCR2/02; UK |
| Recording date: | Apr-Aug 1988 |
| First transmission date: | 1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:24:05 |
| Note: | There are 2 versions of 'Silicones' both have the project code FOUS542K. The UK version has tape number HOU6657 and the Dow Corning version has tape number HOU6166 |
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| Producer: | Jack Koumi |
| Contributors: | Stuart Bennett; James White |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | America; Crystal Pavillion; Dow Corning; French Alps; Glasgow; Hospitals; Le Mans; Motor racing; Quartz processing; Wales |
| Footage description: | Footage - French Alps. Racing car (0'04"-1'26") - Crystal Pavillion, Glasgow (1'27"-2'17") - Anglefort Plant. Conveyor. Carbon electrode. Furnace. Graphic of silicone. Ingots of silicone (2'56"-4'40") - Dow Corning Plant, South Wales. Control room. Granules being unloaded. Graphic of dimethyldichlorosilane (4'52"-6'08") - Fluid bed reactor. Graphic of reactions in fluid bed reactor (6'35"-7'03") - Distillation columns (7'26"-7'45") - Graphic of hydrolyser (7'54"-8'17") - Graphic of recycler. Computer animation of cyclic molecules (8'20"-9'30") - Clear gum production (9'31"-10'11") - Graphic of cross-linking of silicone chains (10'35"-11'13") - Graphic of elimination of dihydrogen (11'54"-12'14") - Experiment that produces a low density cross-linked silicone foam. Graphic of foam (12'20"-13'17") - Graphic of hydrosylilation reaction (13'24"-13'37") - Le Mans racing cars (13'52"-14'18") - Body garage shop. Car with bonnet removed. Silicone adhesive (14'34"-17'57"). News report of rescue of baby from a well (18'00"-19'11") - Still frame of forehead injury (19'27"-19'35") - Drawing of injury and silicone balloons (19'45"-21'15") - Graphic of modification of chlorosilane. Textile treatments. Hair and skin care products. Photo resists and fibre optics (22'32"-23'30"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU6657 |
| Production number: | FOUS605E |
| Videofinder number: | 3283 |
| Available to public: | no |
