Nope, it gives of noxious fumes. Like melting any plastic.
Yes, polystyrene beads are safe to use. One can learn more about polystyrene beads at popular on the web sources such as Tempo Foam, eHow, and Wise Geek.
i think so
The main thing is what is not in it and that is salt, an example of pet safe ice melt is Safe Paw.
Some adhesives act as solvents. For example, toluene is a solvent for polystyrene; it can be used to cause polystyrene parts to "melt" together, forming a permanent bond when the solvent evaporates. Xylene is a similar solvent/adhesive.
The same temperature it melts at out of a safe.
The cafe ran out of the usual cardboard containers, and gave me polystyrene. However, when i microwaved it i could taste it in the soup. Was only subtle but did ruin it a little for me. I am more worried about if the chemicals could be harmful. Can you help?
Because polystyrene has certain thermal properties that can be used in order to store things and maintain their temperature. When you store ice cubes in polystyrene containers they won't melt and they'll keep cold because the cold they'll generate in the container won't escape, and the heat from outside won't come in.
Melt styrofoam in a little bit of acetone to make polystyrene. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-%22make%22-plastic/?comments=all
yes its safe, as long as its not yellow !
I would think so
Polystyrene is NOT biodegradable
Rigid polystyrene is a hard plastic Rigid polystyrene is a hard plastic