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	Polystyrene
		As a global leader in polystyrene in the injection molding, extrusion and thermoforming markets, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) offers a range of STYRON™ resins and STYRON A-TECH™ Advanced Technology Polystyrene Resins designed to provide versatile, viable solutions to customers across a variety of applications.
		You can select from a variety of general purpose, high impact and ignition resistant polystyrene resins to meet your needs for performance, economics and aesthetics across applications, including appliances, packaging, consumer electronics, building and construction, and health and hygiene.
		Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") or an affiliated company of Dow
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	Polystyrene - Online Machine Shop - Polystyrene Parts
		Polystyrene resin was discovered in 1845 and it is being used extensively for packaging of food items, toys, automotive parts and building insulation.
		Food and protective packaging: As polystyrene is shock resistant, non toxic and odorless and immune to bacteria and insects, it is used for fresh food packaging and transportation applications.
		Polystyrene is used for protective packaging such as industrial, pharmaceutical and retail applications as it has excellent cushioning properties and heat resistant.
	www.emachineshop.com /material-plastic/polystyrene.htm (196 words)

	Polystyrene
		Polystyrene is an inexpensive and hard plastic, and probably only polyethylene is more common in your everyday life.
		Polystyrene is also a component of a type of hard rubber called poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), or SBS rubber.
		The new syndiotactic polystyrene is crystalline, and melts at 270
	www.pslc.ws /macrog/styrene.htm (586 words)

	BASF – Products & Markets
		Polystyrene 485 I is used in the packaging and record industries since it allows the creation of matt surfaces.
		Polystyrene 454 C is a high-gloss product whose development involved great emphasis on a special combination of impact strength, high flowability, heat resistance and high gloss.
		The main areas of application for polystyrene 454 C are in a variety of uses in the household sector, in cooling equipment and for toys.
	www.basf.de /basf/html/plastics/englisch/pages/styrol/polystyr.htm (475 words)

	polystyrene
		A colorless, transparent thermoplastic that is commonly used to make foam board or beadboard insulation, concrete block insulation, and a type of loose-fill insulation, which consists of small beads of polystyrene.
		Other polystyrene insulation materials similar to MEPS are expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS).
		Polystyrene loose-fill or bead insulation typically has a relatively lower R-value (around R-2.3 per inch) compared to the foam board.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/P/AE_polystyrene.html (306 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for polystyrene
		Polystyrene is a colorless, transparent thermoplastic that softens slightly above 100°C (212°F) and becomes a viscous liquid at around 185°C (365°F).
		Polystyrene: it may not be as bad as you think.
		Extrusion of polystyrene nanocomposite foams with supercritical [CO.sup.2].
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=polystyrene (752 words)

	PCL \| Applications and End Uses \| historyofpolystyrene
		Polystyrene is a strong plastic created from erethylene and benzine that can be injected, extruded or blow molded, making it a very useful and versatile manufacturing material.
		Polystyrene is also used as a building material, with electrical appliances (light switches and plates), and in other household items.
		Polystyrene, which already had been invented, was a good insulator but too brittle.
	www.polyesterconverters.com /pcl_apps/stage1/stage2/applications_and_enduses/historyofpolystyrene.htm (541 words)

	Polystyrene Summary
		Polystyrene is a polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is commercially manufactured from petroleum.
		Styrene is an aromatic monomer, and polystyrene is an aromatic polymer.
		Expanded polystyrene is very easily cut with a hot-wire foam cutter, which is easily made by a heated and taut length wire, usually nichrome due to nichrome's resistance to oxidation at high temperatures and its suitable electrical conductivity.
	www.bookrags.com /Polystyrene (2657 words)

	::Polystyrene Packaging Council of the Phil.::
		Polystyrene is found in your home, office, local grocery and in the cafeteria.
		The wholesale price of polystyrene disposable food service products is often approximately two to three times less than an equivalent disposable paper container, and four to five times less than a comparable reusable food service item when the costs of equipment, labor, water, electricity, and detergent costs are included.
		Polystyrene may be best known for its foam coffee cups, but most polystyrene is used to make rigid durable products, such as television and computer cabinets, appliances, toys, compact disc "jewel cases" and audiocassette cases.
	www.ppcp.org.ph /poly.htm (1657 words)

	Polystyrene vs. fiberglass insulation - Insulation - BBS - BobVila.com
		Polystyrene and the other rigid insulation products are primarily used in wet applications such as the inside/outside of basement walls and floors.
		Polystyrene is sprayed into an extruded mold, and the manufacturing process is volatile.
		Besides, polystyrene is highly flammable and emits toxic gases when burned.
	www.bobvila.com /BBS/Polystyrene_vs_fiberglass_insulation-Insulation-1-F41.html (449 words)

	::Polystyrene Packaging Council of the Phil.::
		This is one advantage of polystyrene which reusable or paper packaging cannot offer, speed and reliability.
		Other qualities that can be attributed to the use of polystyrene both in food packaging and protective packaging are: it is sanitary, sturdy, economical and more dependable.
		Polystyrene is 100% recyclable, and is now being recycled in the Philippines.
	www.ppcp.org.ph /faq.htm (438 words)

	Earth Resource Foundation
		Polystyrene is a petroleum-based plastic made from the styrene monomer.
		Polystyrene is a light-weight material, about 95% air, with very good insulation properties and is used in all types of products from cups that keep your beverages hot or cold to packaging material that keep your computers safe during shipping.
		Polystyrene recycling is not "closed loop" - collected polystyrene cups are not remanufactured into cups, but into other products, such as packing filler and cafeteria trays.
	www.earthresource.org /campaigns/capp/capp-styrofoam.html (1037 words)

	Wood-Like Products from Polystyrene
		The current cost of land filling expanded polystyrene is of the order of £1000 per tonne, with more cost to come as taxes increase on petrol and diesel, and as new environmental standards are set for transportation.
		Because the solvent reduces only polystyrene to a liquid form, it is possible to force the solution through screen filters that remove most of the contaminants, such as waste made from other plastics.
		Polystyrene, either virgin or recycled, is mixed with a range of additives and the compound is then extruded to shape in the colour and grain effect of any wood the customer chooses.
	www.azom.com /details.asp?ArticleID=526 (1755 words)

	Polystyrene \| Environmental Encyclopedia
		Polystyrene is a lightweight transparent plastic derived from petroleum by-products and natural gas.
		Polystyrene foam is manufactured by processing solid polystyrene resin pellets with a gaseous expansion agent.
		Polystyrene has an energy content of 17,000 Btu/pound, about four times that of average municipal solid waste, and can be burned with other solid wastes in an incinerator that has appropriate emission controls to contain potentially toxic combustion products.
	www.bookrags.com /research/polystyrene-enve-02 (503 words)

	PSPC - Polystyrene Facts
		Polystyrene is found in your home, office, local grocery and in the cafeteria.
		The wholesale price of polystyrene disposable food service products is often approximately two to three times less than an equivalent disposable paper container, and four to five times less than a comparable reusable food service item when the costs of equipment, labor, water, electricity, and detergent costs are included.
		Polystyrene may be best known for its foam coffee cups, but most polystyrene is used to make rigid durable products, such as television and computer cabinets, appliances, toys, compact disc "jewel cases" and audiocassette cases.
	www.polystyrene.org /polystyrene_facts/facts.html (1868 words)

	PERLITE VS. POLYSTYRENE IN POTTING MIXES---The Schundler Company
		Wet bulk densities are lower in polystyrene mixes due primarily to low moisture retention of polystyrene.
		Polystyrene should not be steamed because of loss of volume and structure.
		Since polystyrene products as tested here detract from rather than enhance these properties, their use in growing media must be considered counter productive.
	www.schundler.com /polystyrene.htm (776 words)

	Polystyrene (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If the cup to which you refer was clean, pure polystyrene, it should have dissolved in acetone and resulted in a water-clear solution.
		Polystyrene (and other polymers as well) have extremely high molecular weight -- 10^5, 10^6 or even higher.
		This is probably true of Polystyrene foam used in coffee cups.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /askasci/chem00/chem00958.htm (430 words)

	polystyrene
		Polystyrene Block Form Construction is a new technology in the building industry used for the outside structure of your home.
		Building with Polystyrene Block is healthier for the environment in a number of ways: by minimizing the number of different building products involved in construction, by reducing the amount of waste generated on the construction site, and by lowering energy requirements for heating and cooling.
		Polystyrene blocks create a wall that offers long term advantages to the homeowner in the form of super strength, insulation, high wind resistance and long-term low maintenance.
	www.smoakconstruction.com /polystyrene.htm (494 words)

	Understanding Sign Materials - Polystyrene
		Polystyrene is a lightweight product used primarily for indoor or temporary outdoor signage.
		Polystyrene is very similar to foam PVC and coroplast.
		Polystyrene is available in various lengths, widths and thicknesses, and comes in sheets of up to 4' x 8'.
	www.fastsigns.com /polystyrene.html (163 words)

	americanchemistry.com/plastics : Polystyrene Facts
		Polystyrene maintains hot food at temperatures required by many health departments, yet remains comfortable to hold.
		Polystyrene food service products are generally more economical to use than disposable paperboard products and reusable food service items.
		The wholesale price of polystyrene disposable food service products is often approximately two to three times less than an equivalent disposable paper container, and four to five times less than a comparable reusable food service item when the costs of equipment, labor, water, electricity, and detergent costs are included.
	www.americanchemistry.com /s_plastics/sec_pfpg.asp?CID=1421&DID=5213 (569 words)

	Polystyrene
		AUSTREX® polystyrene is a versatile material available in General Purpose and High Impact grades formulated for injection molding, injection blow molding and sheet extrusion.
		AUSTREX® polystyrene is used extensively in domestic refrigerators, packaging, medical equipment, housewares, photographic film, CD cases and many other consumer and industrial applications.
		General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS) is produced by the continuous polymerisation of styrene monomer in the presence of a catalyst.
	www.huntsman.com /base_chemicals/index.cfm?PageID=1130 (196 words)

	polystyrene - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		description of polystyrene, properties and uses (table), recycling, soot production when burning (table), use in electrical insulation
		Plastic molecules are made of long chains of repeating units called monomers.
		As a white rigid foam expanded polystyrene it is used for packing and insulation.
	encarta.msn.com /polystyrene.html (125 words)

	polystyrene (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is a British Standard for polystyrene, BS3837 part 1, that sets minimum standards for various grades of material.
		Polystyrene can be shaped in any way and at any size to produce display objects or replicas of real life objects.
		Used primarily in concrete applications to reduce both the weight of a structure and the amount of concrete to be used.
	www.advanced-pp.co.uk /polystyrene.htm (475 words)

	SODIUM POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE - POWDER (Kayexalate, Kionex, Marlexate) side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.
		SODIUM POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE - POWDER (Kayexalate, Kionex, Marlexate) side effects, medical uses, and drug interactions.
		USES: This medication is used to treat high levels of potassium in the body (hyperkalemia).
		Read 6 more sodium polystyrene sulfonate-powder related articles...
	www.medicinenet.com /sodium_polystyrene_sulfonate-powder/article.htm (477 words)

	Polystyrene foam (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I am not enough of a chemist to know if it is technically possible to recycle polystyrene foam, but I take the lack of any recycling program to be a sign that it is cheaper to make new polystyrene foam than it is to reuse old polystyrene foam for the immediate future.
		In the distant future, it may be economical to mine landfills to retrieve materials like polystyrene foam.
		Polystyrene foam is the brand name of extruded polystyrene manufactured by Dow.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /newton/askasci/1993/environ/ENV009.HTM (368 words)

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