Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Quiz
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What is Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) made from?

  • Solid beads of polystyrene with an expansion gas dissolved within (correct)
  • Solid beads of polystyrene with air bubbles trapped within
  • Solid beads of polystyrene without any expansion gas
  • Liquid polystyrene with an expansion gas mixed within

    • How much larger do the expanded cells of EPS occupy compared to the original polystyrene bead?

  • Approximately 40 times (correct)
  • Approximately 60 times
  • Approximately 20 times
  • Approximately 80 times

    • Who initially started the commercial development of polystyrene?

  • IG Farben in Germany (correct)
  • Dow Chemical Co. in the US
  • Ray McIntire at Dow Chemical Co.
  • Styrofoam inventors

    • When was polystyrene foam more widely introduced by Dow Chemical Co.?

    <p>1954</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Styrofoam' was invented as a result of trying to make what?

    <p>'A new rubber' by combining styrene and isobutylene</p> Signup and view all the answers

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