Topdown Worksheets
1. Manufacture of Silicones (3 Worksheets)
2. Impregnation (4 Worksheets)
3. Emulsions and Antifoams (3 Worksheets)
4. Silicone Fluids, Resins, Rubbers (7 Worksheets)
5. Comparison of Silicone Rubber and Natural Rubber (2 Worksheets)
6. Properties of Tetrachlorosilane (2 Worksheets)
7. Hydrolysis and Hydrolysis Rate of Chloromethylsilanes (5 Worksheets)
8. RTV-1 Silicone Rubbers (4 Worksheets)
9. Properties of Silicone Fluids (5 Worksheets)
10. Surfactants and Antifoams (5 Worksheets)
11. Müller-Rochow Synthesis (3 Worksheets)
Topdown Videos
Description of the Videos Windows Media - Player: Quick Time - Player:
1. Bouncing Putty as wmv as mov
2. Combustion of Solid Silicones as wmv as mov
3. Combustion of Liquid Silicones as wmv as mov
4. Impregnation of Aerated-Concrete Brick as wmv as mov
5. Antifoams 1 as wmv as mov
6. Antifoams 2 (Paper Clip) as wmv as mov
7. Hydrolysis of Chloromethylsilanes as wmv as mov
8. Model of a Silicone Molecule as wmv as mov
Topdown Flash Animations
1. Bouncing Putty
2. Impregnation of Aerated-Concrete Brick
Topdown Slides with Teaching Notes
1. Brief Information about the Project
2. Educational Facets of Silicones
3. Teaching Notes on the Worksheet
4. Videos and Flash Animations
5. Teaching Module "Water Repellency"
6. Teaching Module "Antifoams"
7. Teaching Module "Plastic, Elastic, Viscoelastic"
8. Teaching Module "Nucleophilic Substitution at the Silicon Atom"
 

TopdownSlides with Pictures

1. Quartz - Silicon - Silicone
2. Manufacture of Chlorosilanes
3. The Müller-Rochow Synthesis (Slide 1 / Slide 2)
4. Synthesis of Tetrachlorosilane
5. Introduction to Silicone Basics (Slide 1 / Slide 2)
6. Crosslinking Reactions of Silanes
7. Silicones as Emulsions and Antifoams
8. Silicones for Construction
9. Silicones for Transport
10. Silicones for Medical Engineering
11. Silicones for Everyday Use/Leisure/Textiles
12. Silicones for Paints
13. Schematic Diagram of WACKER Silicones Production
14. Distillation Columns
15. Closed Loops
16. The Chlorine Family Tree
17. The Glass Dome of the Reichstag Building
18. Cover Picture of School Sixth-Form Textbook "Chemie SII Stoff-Formel-Umwelt"
19. Silicones - Diverse Properties and Applications
20. Silicones - Biological Tolerance
21. Silicones - Resistant to Weathering Influences
22. Silicones - Colored or Colorless
23. Silicones - Adhesion Promoters
24. Silicones - Structural Glazing
25. Silicones - Release Agents