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Because styrofoam is made from the same oil base as gasoline, and has large air pockets.

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Mixing styrofoam and gasoline can make adhesive?

Mixing styrofoam and gasoline will not create an adhesive. However, the combination can be highly flammable and dangerous as styrofoam can dissolve in gasoline, releasing toxic fumes. It is not recommended to mix these two substances.


What do you get when you dissolve styrofoam in gasoline?

When you dissolve styrofoam in gasoline, the styrofoam breaks down and forms a sticky, gel-like substance. This mixture is highly flammable and should be handled with caution. Burning this mixture releases toxic fumes into the air and is harmful to the environment.


What will dissolve styrofoam?

Acetone is a chemical which will dissolve Styrofoam. Certain types of spray paint, as well as gasoline, will also dissolve Styrofoam.


Is mixed Styrofoam and gasoline effective as a roof sealant?

No, mixing Styrofoam and gasoline is not an effective or safe way to create a roof sealant. Gasoline is highly flammable and mixing it with Styrofoam can create a dangerous and volatile mixture that can pose a fire hazard. It is recommended to use proper roofing sealants that are designed for the purpose and are safe to use.


What is the solubility of styrofoam pellets?

This depends on what you are trying to use to dissolve the Styrofoam. Gasoline will dissolve Styrofoam. Water will not.


What happens to the ozone layer when styrofoam and gasoline is mixed?

Nothing. CFCs are no longer used to blow such foams, so no further release of ozone depleting compounds occurs... just because you lower the octane of the gasoline, and make it burn "sooty".See "What happens to the ozone layer when styrofoam and gasoline is mixed?" in the "Related questions" section below.


Is it good to have dogs eat styrofoam?

No


How does the styrofoam melt when added gasoline?

It may look like polystyrene "melts" when petrol (gasoline) is poured on it. However, the petrol is actually dissolving the polystyrene. In chemistry, there is a common saying that "like dissolves like". Polystyrene is an alkene and petrol has several alkenes in it {benzene (up to 5% by volume), toluene (up to 35% by volume), naphthalene (up to 1% by volume), trimethylbenzene (up to 7% by volume)} which aid in the dissolving of the polystyrene.


Is it safe to eat food off of melted Styrofoam when pregnant?

I don't think it's ever healthy to eat off melted styrofoam...


How much styrofoam is harmful to the human body?

uh who would be stupid enough to eat styrofoam lol. Best thing to do is not even eat it.


Is it harmful to eat styrofoam?

You should not eat plastics- including expanded polystyrene (styrafoam)


Does alcohol dissolve styrofoam?

Soft drinks do not dissolve Styrofoam. Some compounds that do are gasoline, acetone, model glue, polyester resins, dimethyl sulfoxide, N-methyl pyrolidone, and basically any chemical substance that has double bonded rings or more than one ketone group per eight carbons.