{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Chemistry For Your Life","title":"What is silicone?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/256dc622\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2909,"description":"#166\n\nAt some point, silicone snuck onto the scene and found its way into many of our kitchens. It seems kinda like rubber, kinda like plastic, but somehow different. But how? Is silicone better, worse, or just different? What's going on at the molecular level, and can that tell us why silicone started replacing many kitchen utensils?\nReferences from this Episodehttps://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/14/siliconhttps://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/silicones/3005950.article https://edu.rsc.org/soundbite/silicon-and-silicones/2021259.articlehttps://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/qo/d0qo01075hhttps://europepmc.org/article/med/2204381https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22575024/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(22)00521-7/fulltext \nCheck out our website at chemforyourlife.com\nWatch our episodes on YouTube\nFind us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ChemForYourLife.\nWant to start your own podcast? Use Transistor and you'll have the best podcast platform available. We use it and we are totally in love with it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lu4HbLHuTW1O_8BhDI8VZ5qX3dCXZvibQi2muYIvp5w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTkvMTY2Njgy/NzQwMS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}