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  2. Phase-out of polystyrene foam - Wikipedia

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    Discarded polystyrene cup on the shore of Lake Michigan. In the late 20th and early 21st century, there has been a global movement towards the phase-out of polystyrene foam as a single use plastic (SUP). Early bans of polystyrene foam intended to eliminate ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), formerly a major component.

  3. Plastics in the construction industry - Wikipedia

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    Plastic is the generic name for a family of synthetic materials derived from petrochemicals. It is often product of two or more components. It is often product of two or more components. There are many families of plastics and polymers being used in construction industry, such as acrylics , composites , expanded polystyrene , polycarbonates ...

  4. Polystyrene - Wikipedia

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    Foamed polystyrene plastic materials have been accidentally ignited and caused huge fires and losses of life, for example at the Düsseldorf International Airport and in the Channel Tunnel (where polystyrene was inside a railway carriage that caught fire). [118]

  5. Styrofoam - Wikipedia

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    Styrofoam insulation extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), owned and manufactured by DuPont. Styrofoam is a genericized trademarked brand of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), manufactured to provide continuous building insulation board used in walls, roofs, and foundations as thermal insulation and as a water barrier.

  6. Vapor barrier - Wikipedia

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    Polyethylene plastic sheet, 4 or 6 thou (0.10 or 0.15 mm), 0.03 US perm (1.7 SI perm). Advanced Polyethylene vapor retarders that pass the ASTM E 1745 standard tests ≤0.3 US perm (17 SI perm). Asphalt-coated kraft paper, often attached to one side of fiberglass batts, 0.40 US perm (22 SI perm). Metallized film

  7. Styrene maleic anhydride - Wikipedia

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    SMA polymers with a high molecular weight are widely used in engineering plastic applications, normally in the impact modified and optional glass fibre filled variants. Alternatively, SMA is applied using its transparency in combination with other transparent materials like PMMA or the heat resistance to heat-boost other polymers materials like ...

  8. Vacuum forming - Wikipedia

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    A simple visualization of the forming process Vacuum forming machine to produce inner liner/food liner of refrigerator. Vacuum forming is a simplified version of thermoforming, where a sheet of plastic in various forms of High Impact Polystyrene Sheet (HIPS) for low impact products, or ABS for bathroom shower trays, and HDPE for exterior vehicle parts, plus various other types of vacuum ...

  9. Polygood - Wikipedia

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    Polygood is a recycled plastic surface material produced by The Good Plastic Company. [1] [2] The panels are manufactured using only recycled post-consumer and post-industrial polystyrene plastic waste and are primarily used in sustainable furniture production and interior design.