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5. General Electric silicone nomenclature: M = Me3SiO1 ∕ 2, D = Me2SiO2 ∕ 2, T = MeSiO3 ∕ 2, and Q = SiO4 ∕ 2. The subscript nomenclature is used to denote, for example with SiO4 ∕ 2, that there are four single bonds to oxygen from silicon, and that each oxygen bonds to another silicon through a single bond, i.e., Si(OSi)4 rather than SiO2, which might imply Si = O double bonds.