There are a wide variety of both synthetic and naturally occurring silicone polymers. Using the chemical literature, find representative examples of silicones that are used for the different classes of commercially important types products listed in the Background Information section of your experiment. Your paper must be 3-5 typewritten pages. Any chemical structures should be incorporated into your paper either as scanned images, downloaded graphics or drawn using chemical drawing software such as the ChemSketch freeware available for download from the internet. You must reference your information. Your references must conform to the style described in the ACS Style Guide which is available in the reference room of the Hamersley Library or in the writing intensive course resource center. Your paper may not consist entirely of web references. You must have references from other library sources. You should use Chem Abstracts or other library databases to find information from the scientific literature. Scientific news publications would be acceptable references. The paper is due by 5 pm February 02, 2011. Late papers will not be accepted. This assignment is worth a total of 30 points.