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.
While not as fast as an LTE network, it is still faster than a 3G network. Since LTE is still relatively new, the cellular providers havenât fully built out their LTE networks yet. Be careful when looking at the network coverage maps on the providersâ websites. Some companies claim to have broad nationwide 4G coverage.