The Use of Liquid Dimethylsilicones to Produce Water-Repellent Surfaces on Glass-Insulator Bodies

1 May 1946

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IRE

Vol. 34 (5) , 296-302
https://doi.org/10.1109/JRPROC.1946.229634

Abstract

The need to render ceramic surfaces water-repellent in certain electrical applications under high humidities is discussed. Organosilicon compounds have been found to make ceramic surfaces water-repellent. The nature of a family of such compounds, the dimethylsilicones, is briefly described. Methods of preparing and treating glass surfaces with silicones are presented. Results of tests on treated and untreated glass-insulator bodies are presented in detail. The advantages of the treatment as tested under adverse conditions such as immersion in sea water are shown.

Keywords

SURFACE RESISTANCE
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
SEA SURFACE
SURFACE TREATMENT
CERAMICS
GLASS
DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION
HUMIDITY
ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
SURFACE CLEANING

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