Perlite vs Styrofoam - What's the difference?
perlite | styrofoam |
(mineralogy) An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian.
The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=4 Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
* {{quote-news, year=1988, date=November 4, author=Cecil Adams, title=The Straight Dope, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=A while ago I read your column concerning the effects of hot tea on styrofoam cups.}}
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
, title=
As nouns the difference between perlite and styrofoam
is that perlite is an amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian while styrofoam is expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.perlite
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(wikipedia perlite) (en noun)citation, passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite , graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
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* * ----styrofoam
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Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily, volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.}}