Why is silicone just a good insulator?

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I know generally the best insulator is empty space so most insulation materials are just trying to trap as much air as possible while preventing convection.

That all makes sense to me but I can’t make any sense of silicone. Why is silicone such a good thermal insulator? If money wasn’t an option, would silicone make for good insulation in a house?

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Silicone is basically silicone oil that where the molecules have been linked together so they don’t flow anymore. The individual molecules can wiggle around but the wiggles don’t effect the neighboring molecules that much precise everything is linked flexibly. Heat is basically molecules vibrating so heat doesn’t flow through silicone well.

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