Inorganic non-metallic materials based on silicon also have their own fatal shortcomings: poor toughness and brittleness; otherwise, organic polymer materials also have some disadvantages: easy to age and not resistant to high temperatures. If you can combine organic polymers and silicon, it will be a perfect material.
In 1901, the British chemist Kiping used Gonia reagent and tetrachlorosilane to form methylchlorosilane and phenylchlorosilane, and then hydrolyzed and condensed to obtain the first silicone polymer: polydiphenylsiloxane. The alkane, organic benzene ring and inorganic silicon chain are finally combined. At that time, Jiping did not know much about high molecular polymers. He thought that it might contain ketone groups. So he called this polymer: silicone, and named this new material with silicone. (-one is the meaning of keto group) This title has continued to this day.
In the 1930s, Dow Chemical (also known as Dow Chemical), the largest chemical company in the United States, and Corning, the largest glass company, also optimistic about emerging silicone materials and organized teams to conduct research. In 1943, the two companies funded the establishment of a joint venture, Dow Corning, specializing in the production and development of silicone materials, which embodied the perfect combination of glass and organic matter. Dow Corning has always been a leader in the field of silicones, like apples in consumer electronics, which have been imitated and never surpassed.