Outstanding properties such as thermal stability, weathering resistance, low temperature flexibility, low surface tension, hydropho — bicity and surface activity of silicone resins and their combinations with other resins made them a commercially important category of binders for high performance coatings.
Table 2.9: Typical monomers for silicones
R = methyl or phenyl, X = halogen (most commonly Cl) * With respect to hydrolyzable groups ** Though used in silicones, it is not an organosiloxane |