Fascinating!! Most people would never know how or suspect what silicone really is and how it’s processed to make everyday useful items. Or how it’s used in quantum computers. This is alchemy science!
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Yes, all oxygen atoms removed from the silicon dioxide eventually create carbon dioxide. However, WACKER avoids carbon dioxide during the production process by using hydroelectric power. We also strive to capture carbon dioxide and to convert it to compounds. These can ideally be integrated into our supply chain. And finally: the products we manufacture from silicon metall - polycrystalline silicon for solar cells and silicones -- save a lot of CO2, too. This and many other steps will bring WACKER to carbon neutrality in 2050. Want to know more? Please check our sustainability video on youtube ua-cam.com/video/QAXdQWhG9dA/v-deo.html and our SustainaBalance® strategy on www.wacker.com/sustainability
Fascinating!! Most people would never know how or suspect what silicone really is and how it’s processed to make everyday useful items. Or how it’s used in quantum computers. This is alchemy science!
What about the environmental side of things? How have they advanced in recent years..?
Dear Dean Philpot,
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Cool I never knew sand was so useful
Fascinating! I'd love to see the fractional distillation process from inside the towers!! A fiber optic camera maybe?
Cooking silicone is awesome.
is silicone used for implant?
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Wow! thank you for helping me visualise this so well!
Thanks for your feedback 😊
So when they extract the oxygen do they go to the trouble of releasing it as oxygen or does it just get turned into more carbon dioxide? 🤔
Yes, all oxygen atoms removed from the silicon dioxide eventually create carbon dioxide. However, WACKER avoids carbon dioxide during the production process by using hydroelectric power. We also strive to capture carbon dioxide and to convert it to compounds. These can ideally be integrated into our supply chain. And finally: the products we manufacture from silicon metall - polycrystalline silicon for solar cells and silicones -- save a lot of CO2, too. This and many other steps will bring WACKER to carbon neutrality in 2050. Want to know more? Please check our sustainability video on youtube ua-cam.com/video/QAXdQWhG9dA/v-deo.html and our SustainaBalance® strategy on www.wacker.com/sustainability
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