They are used as release preparations to de-mold rubber and plastic articles, as ingredients for manufacture of cosmetics, anti-foams, lubricants, polishes and chemical specialities. They are available in a range of viscosity.
They find application as di-electric fluids, damping fluids, impregnants, lubricant and lubricant additives, heat transfer medium, metal quenching, ingredient in cosmetics, polishes, paints, chemicals and pharmaceutical preparations.