Polystyrene (PS) /ˌpɒliˈstaɪriːn/ is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed. General-purpose...

Look up polystyrene or polystyrène in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polystyrene may refer to: Polystyrene, a synthetic material (eg: Styrofoam) Polystyrene...

Chemical. Originally made from 100% virgin polystyrene resin, peanuts made from 100% recycled polystyrene have been commercially available since the mid-90s...

global movement towards the phase-out of polystyrene foam as a single use plastic (SUP). Early bans of polystyrene foam intended to eliminate ozone-depleting...

Polystyrene sulfonates are a group of medications used to treat high blood potassium. Effects generally take hours to days. They are also used to remove...

Styrofoam is a brand of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), manufactured to provide continuous building insulation board used in walls, roofs...

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) concrete (also known as EPScrete, EPS concrete or lightweight concrete) is a form of concrete known for its light weight made...

of a graft polymer is a component used in high impact polystyrene, consisting of a polystyrene backbone with polybutadiene grafted chains. Graft copolymers...

paints and varnishes as an anti-skinning agent. As butanone dissolves polystyrene and many other plastics, it is sold as "model cement" for use in connecting...

Polystyrene is a synthetic hydrocarbon polymer that is widely adaptive and can be used for a variety of purposes in drug delivery. These methods include...

liquids. Polystyrene is manufactured in various forms that have different applications and can have medium to very low density. Extruded polystyrene (PS or...

developed in 1952 at Los Alamos National Laboratory, as RDX embedded in polystyrene with diisooctyl phthalate (DEHP) plasticizer. HMX compositions with teflon-based...

polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) is a composite material where PEDOT (the conductive polymer) provides electrical conductivity, and PSS (polystyrene...

5% accuracy. Polystyrene standards with dispersities of less than 1.2 are typically used to calibrate the GPC. Unfortunately, polystyrene tends to be a...

primary in order to boost the initial fissioning of the plutonium. A "polystyrene Polarizer/Plasma Source" is also shown (see below). The first U.S. government...

consisting of styrene and acrylonitrile. It is widely used in place of polystyrene owing to its greater thermal resistance. The chains of between 70 and...

(EPP) and polypropylene paper (PPP) Polystyrene#Foams (PS) foam Expanded polystyrene (EPS) Extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), sometimes sold under brand...

simply be related to molecular weight (compare comb-like polystyrene vs. linear polystyrene). This means that the molecular weight associated with a given...

(PET) has only moderate UV resistance and the others, which include polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyolefins like polypropylene (PP) and...

a steam chest - the process is similar to that used to make expanded polystyrene foam. EPE foams are low density, semi-rigid, closed cell foam that are...

strand board (OSB), and the core can either be expanded polystyrene foam (EPS), extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), polyisocyanurate foam, polyurethane foam...

materials that can include aluminium, wood, blends of cement and recycled polystyrene, wheat/rice straw fibres. Rainscreen cladding is a form of weather cladding...

with a polyethylene core, along with insulation made of glass wool or polystyrene. 2010 Shanghai fire (China) – destroyed a 28-storey high-rise apartment...

obscurus all have been found to consume expanded polystyrene foam. Zophobas atratus breaks down polystyrene through a two-stage process: first by mechanically...

natural disaster resistant building codes are adopted. The first expanded polystyrene ICF Wall forms were developed in the late 1960s with the expiration of...

Dinks, or Shrinkles is a toy and activity kit consisting of sheets of polystyrene which can be cut with standard household scissors. When heated, the cut...

are made up of blocks of different polymerized monomers. For example, polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) or PS-b-PMMA (where b = block) is usually...

everyday life. Polymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins that are fundamental...

Geofoam is expanded polystyrene (EPS) or extruded polystyrene (XPS) manufactured into large lightweight blocks. The blocks vary in size but are often...

HBCD for elimination, but allowing a temporary exemption for the use in polystyrene insulation foams in buildings. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA or TBBP-A)...