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How do you make fake brick not foam something that will smash?
Make it from polystyrene.
How do you make polystyrene paint from expanded polystyrene foam?
Dissolve foam in xylene to desired thickness. Let stand until fine bubbles disperse and turns clear.
What elements make up styrofoam?
Styrofoam is made up of extruded polystyrene foam. Extruded polystyrene foam is also used in models and crafts, specifically architectural models.The primary ingredient is benzene.
What is the difference between rigid polystyrene plastic and expanded polystyrene?
Rigid polystyrene plastic is a closed cell of light weight, rigid & foam plastic that is derived from petroleum and natural gas by products. It is hard plastic in one word. This is used to make plastic containers and insulators. On the other hand, expanded polystyrene is derived by expanding the regular foam molecules by 50 times their volume using a blowing agent (pentane gas). This is used to make packaging materials. Source: http://www.polystyrene.uk.com/
Can i use high impact polystyrene for lost foam casting?
No. High impact polystyrene is a very hard plastic. If you tried doing a lost-foam casting you'd just make a mess.You make a lost-foam casting by creating a styrofoam model of your finished piece, packing casting sand around it to create a mold, then pouring metal into the mold. When the hot metal touches the foam, it vaporizes.You could make your model out of high impact polystyrene then use that to create a cope and drag mold.
Is polystyrene good for making an airplane?
Polystyrene can be used to make model aircraft (I'm assuming that's what you meant!) . Depron foam is better than white beaded foam because it is easier to sand and make smooth, also it is easier to repair if you crash the aircraft. If you can only get thin sheets of the stuff, simply glue them together.
Why is it impossible to drink from a Styrofoam cup?
Drinking from a Styrofoam cup is impossible because they do not exist. You might think I'm crazy by saying that but they don't. Styrofoam is a brand name made by the DOW company. Styrofoam does not make any products in the food business. They make crafts products, packaging, etc. To be proper when refering to a foam cup, call it a polystyrene cup.
Can cheap memory foam make you sick?
No, cheap memory foam will not make you sick. Companies are required to produce safe products, so although it may not be as great of quality it will not make you sick.
What is made out of polystyrene?
Ordinary CD jewel cases.Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam Products From Foam Cups To Foam Coolers To Houses And Highways!Expanded Polystyrene is the core material used for making thousands of different products, everything from foam coolers like we make at LoBoy EPS Foam Coolers in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to floating boat docks, to custom home construction, highway and bridge construction, cups and party-ware, cd cases and protective packaging, plus EPS foam is very popular in Cold Chain Shipping (using eps foam shipping coolers to ship food across long distances to keep the food (or medicine) cold during transit). EPS foam is even used for furniture, home and business decor (there are some really beautiful architectural examples to be found in web searches).The reason for this is that it is an environmentally friendly, moldable plastic derived from crude oil. Of course, it's only environmentally friendly (as with anything) when it is not manufactured in combination with non-friendly stuff such as when a manufacturer ruins its recyclability by coating it with painted logos that are toxic. Non-toxic paints are best, but even that can interfere with practical recycling because you take a white material and mix in paint and when it's recycled you get a gnarly rainbow that you have to try to reuse. Better to use stamping directly into the EPS foam or just use adhesive labels. That way, the foam is completely reusable.At the LoBoy Foam Cooler company, we always recommend that people stop throwing away EPS foam products and start setting it aside until they have enough to take to be recycled. It's better for the planet (why make trash when you can convert trash to treasure?) and it helps create jobs.
Why is polystyrene non polar?
AnswerIt is a paintable plastic. I only know because I make (buildings) and some of the windows are made from that. AnswerPolystyrene is a polymer made from monomer styrene, extracted as a liquid from petroleum. It is a thermo plastic which means it can be heated and cooled back to a solid Actually Styrofoam is a Dow Chemical registered trade mark for foam insulation and does not refer to all polystyrene so that term is misused. Polystyrene comes in small bead format and then is expanded into shapes like coffee cups, clam shell container at fast food outlets etc. There are also hard polystyrene products, like disposable cutlery, plastic containers like yogurt etc. electronic housing for TVs etc. It can come in clear form too.The white foam polystyrene can be painted with acrylic paint, but the second you use a solvent based paint on it, it will dissolve.
What is the texture of a foam?
areated plastic"Foam" Is Actually Expanded Poloystyrene (EPS - Foam Coolers, Foam Cups, Etc.)When you buy foam cups or foam fishing buckets or even foam coolers like the ones we make at LoBoy, you're buying a product made of Expanded Polystyrene (or, "EPS" for short). EPS foam is an awesome, space-age material that is environmentally friendly because it is recyclable as long as it's not ruined by screen printing or other processes that eat into the foam with nasty industrial chemicals. Some EPS foam manufacturers mess up its recyclability by painting over the pure material rather than ensuring that it is reusable.Many products these days are made from EPS foam - floating boat docks, highway construction, homes (insulated walls), foam coolers, foam shipping containers that keep seafood and pharmaceuticals from spoiling (a shipping process known as "Cold Chain Shipping"), foam cups and plates, EPS foam packaging protection for many of the things we buy in stores.The thing about good EPS foam products is, again, that they can be recycled for reuse. LoBoy maintains a 100% EPS foam recycling program, and we hope to see most people begin setting aside the foam products they would normally throw away so that what usually goes in the trash instead becomes a form of treasure that leads to more jobs.
You are looking for bio degradable polystyrene?
Normal polystyrene (or Styrofoam as it is also called) is not biodegradable. There are various experiments going on round the world trying to make some plastics biodegradable, for example, plastic bags. There is an alternative to polystyrene available for packaging. They consist of small foam pellets made from corn starch or other foods which dissolve quickly in water. So they are no problem in landfill (rubbish dumps). In fact, you can eat them, though don't make a meal of it!
