Glossary

CES	European Silicones Centre
DU	Downstream User
EChA	European Chemical Agency
EU	European Union
M/I	Manufacturer and/or Importer (into the European Union)
QSAR	Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship
REACH	Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
RIP	REACH Implementation Process - a series of guidance documents that can be downloaded from EChA's website
SIEF	Substance Information Exchange Forum
Silane	Any of a series of inorganic compounds of silicon and hydrogen or chlorine with covalent bonds and the general chemical formula SinX(2_n + 2).
Silicone	Any of a group of semi-inorganic polymers based on the structural unit R₂SiO, where R is an organic group
Siloxane	Any of a class of organic or inorganic chemical compounds of silicon, oxygen, and usually carbon and hydrogen, based on the structural unit R₂SiO, where R is an alkyl group, usually methyl.