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Old 08-27-08 | 05:16 PM
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Bob Pringle
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"There's a difference in spelling. Silicone is the material found in breast implants. Silicon is the stuff in the spray that you're talking about."

Silicon: a tetravalent nonmetallic element that occurs combined as the most abundant element next to oxygen in the earth's crust (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary).

Silicone: any of various polymeric organic compounds obtained as oils, greases, or plastics and used especially for water-resistant and heat-resistant lubricants, varnishes, binders and electric insulators (ibid).

I believe you'll find that any lubricant related to this discussion contains a silicone compound, not the element silicon by itself. This isn't meant as a criticism but merely a clarification.

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Bob P.
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