As a basis for silicone oils or fluids designed to withstand extremes of temperature; as a foam suppressant in petroleum lubricating oil.
A non-cyclic polydimethyl siloxane. Study shows that it can be transformed by a specific microflora and in the natural environment degraded by mechanisms similar to other organic compounds.
ChEBI: An organosiloxane that is pentasiloxane in which all the hydrogens have been replaced by methyl groups. Metabolite observed in cancer metabolism.
Flammability and Explosibility
Non flammable
The initial threshold screening level (ITSL) for dodecamethylpentasiloxane remains at 0.1 μg/m3 based on an annual averaging time.
