Organopolysiloxane fibers

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FIBERS PRODUCED BY DRAWING THE SILOXANE PRODUCT OF INTERCONDENSATION OF A MIXTURE OF INGREDIENTS COMPRISING (1) FROM 69 TO 97 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF AN ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COHYDROLYSIS PRODUCT OF A LOWER ALKYL HYDROLYZABLE SILANE HAVING A RATIO OF THREE LOWER ALKYL RADICALS PER SILICON ATOM ATTACHED TO SILICON THROUGH CARBON-SILICON LINKAGES AND A LOWER ALKYL SILICATE WHERE THE SAID LOWER ALKYL HYDROLYZABLE SILANE AND THE SAID LOWER ALKYL SILICATE ARE COHYDROLYZED IN THE RATIO OF FROM ABOUT 0.33 TO 0.55 MOLE OF HYDROLYZABLE SILANE PER MOLE OF SILICATE AND (2) FROM 3 TO 31 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A LINEAR HIGH VISCOSITY ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE FLUID HAIVING TERMINAL SILICON-BONDED HYDROXY GROUPS AND HAVING A RATIO OF ABOUT 2 ORGANIC GROUPS PER SILICON ATOM, THE ORGANIC GROUPS OF SAID FLUID BEING ATTACHED TO SILICON THROUGH SILICON-CARBON LINKAGES AND BEING SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ALKYL RADICALS, ARYL RADICALS, ALKARYL RADICALS, ARALKYL RADICALS, HALOARYL RADICALS, ALKENYL RADICALS, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, SAID FLUID HAVING A VISCOSITY OF FROM ABOUT 200,000 TO 2,000,000 CENTIPOISES.