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Polystyrene is definitely a compound. It is addition polymer compound.

As a compound it is and alkene (ethene) with a phenyl group in place of one of the hydrogens.

H2C = CH ){Phenyl)

The alkene bond opens and polymerises (chaions up) with another alkene bond.

-H2C-CH(Ph) -CH2- CH(Ph) -

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lenpollock

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