Its applications range from contact lenses and medical devices to elastomers; it is also present in shampoos (as dimethicone makes hair shiny and slippery), food (antifoaming agent), caulking, lubricants, kinetic sand, and heat-resistant tiles.
An acronym for L ong T erm E volution, LTE is a 4G wireless communications standard developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) that's designed to provide up to 10x the speeds of 3G networks for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks, notebooks and wireless hotspots.
by Lou Martin, studioD. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project Long-Term Evolution technology, or LTE, is a 4G wireless network technology. LTE is built on the High-Speed Downlink Packet Access 3G network protocol, and offers high-speed wireless cellular network connectivity through mobile computing devices.