After reading so many messages, I just gotta tell 'ya:

S-I-L-I-C-O-

N-E... is used to make titties bigger.  S-I-L-I-C-O-N is the sand

you

refer to, and what they make computer chips outta...

    I believe that the sand (that's used in the mold) gets into

surface

of the finished piece and causes both welding and machining

problems.

Jack Beale
jack.beale@att.net

Jack,
I have an engineer friend that this silicon/silicone usage drives

crazy

(grin - you know who you are)!  You are in good company here.

Ken Powell

-Jerzy Krasinski wrote:

In fact it is slightly different.
 - SILICON is the element, next to oxygen, the most abundant element in
nature
 - The sand is not silicon but SILICA, i.e. silicon dioxide
 - SILICONE is frequently used to name all sorts of chemicals containing
silicon, like silicone rubber, oil etc.
Jerzy

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