The "secret weapon" of World War II.
The first large-scale application of silicone was actually related to war:
In 1944, the U.S. Army discovered that rubber seals in aircraft engines would become brittle and fail at low temperatures at high altitudes, leading to fuel leaks.
Corning urgently provided silicone seals, its resistance to -55 ° C to 300 ° C characteristics of the perfect solution to the problem, became a key part of the B-29 bomber.
After the war, silicone went from military secret to civilian use, opening its "cross-border legend".
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