Styrofoam vs Polymeric - What's the difference?
styrofoam | polymeric |
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= (chemistry) of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer. Examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, PVC foams, and styrofoam.
As a noun styrofoam
is expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.As an adjective polymeric is
(chemistry) of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, pvc foams, and styrofoam.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.}}