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  2. 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.

  3. Polystyrene - Wikipedia

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    The trademark Styrofoam by Dow Chemical Company is informally used (mainly US & Canada) for all foamed polystyrene products, although strictly it should only be used for "extruded closed-cell" polystyrene foams made by Dow Chemicals.

  4. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    Trademark owned by Philips in the European Union and various other jurisdictions, but invalidated in the United States due to it being merely a descriptive term. [2] [3] [4] Aspirin Still a Bayer trademark name for acetylsalicylic acid in about 80 countries, including Canada and many countries in Europe, but declared generic in the U.S. [5] Catseye

  5. Words We Use Every Day That Are Actually Brand Names - AOL

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    If you've offered someone a Kleenex or yelled for a friend to toss you a Frisbee, you may have misused an iconic brand name that's now part of our daily lingo.

  6. Talk:Polystyrene - Wikipedia

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    "Styrofoam" is a special form of polystyrene trademarked by the Dow Chemical Company.) Just because foam peanuts were originally made by Dow Chemical does not mean they are made out of "styrofoam" (tm). Styrofoam, still made by Dow Chemical, is typically blue and it is put on the sides of houses for insulation purposed.

  7. Styrophone - Wikipedia

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    A styrophone is an acoustic device made from expanded polystyrene foam (often referred to by the genericized trademark Styrofoam). There are at least two varieties: an acoustic musical instrument; a type of loudspeaker

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  9. Polymeric foam - Wikipedia

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    Solid polymeric foam for packaging under the optical microscope. A polymeric foam is a special foam, in liquid or solidified form, formed from polymers. [1]Examples include: