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    Production of Foam Using Plastic Support: Submitted By: Hritik Lal ID:2018A1PS0281G

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    The document discusses the production process of polystyrene foam. It begins by explaining how styrene is produced from ethyl benzene, then polymerized into polystyrene beads. The beads are melted and extruded with a blowing agent to create expanded polystyrene foam beads. The beads are heated, allowed to cool to produce the final foam shape. It also outlines harmful effects of polystyrene foam and presents eco-friendly alternatives like nanocrystalline cellulose foam made from wood pulp or plant-based foams from PLA or sugarcane waste.

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    The document discusses the production process of polystyrene foam. It begins by explaining how styrene is produced from ethyl benzene, then polymerized into polystyrene beads. The beads are melted and extruded with a blowing agent to create expanded polystyrene foam beads. The beads are heated, allowed to cool to produce the final foam shape. It also outlines harmful effects of polystyrene foam and presents eco-friendly alternatives like nanocrystalline cellulose foam made from wood pulp or plant-based foams from PLA or sugarcane waste.

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    The document discusses the production process of polystyrene foam. It begins by explaining how styrene is produced from ethyl benzene, then polymerized into polystyrene beads. The beads are melted and extruded with a blowing agent to create expanded polystyrene foam beads. The beads are heated, allowed to cool to produce the final foam shape. It also outlines harmful effects of polystyrene foam and presents eco-friendly alternatives like nanocrystalline cellulose foam made from wood pulp or plant-based foams from PLA or sugarcane waste.

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    Production of Foam Using Plastic Support: Submitted By: Hritik Lal ID:2018A1PS0281G

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    Hritik Lal
    The document discusses the production process of polystyrene foam. It begins by explaining how styrene is produced from ethyl benzene, then polymerized into polystyrene beads. The beads are melted and extruded with a blowing agent to create expanded polystyrene foam beads. The beads are heated, allowed to cool to produce the final foam shape. It also outlines harmful effects of polystyrene foam and presents eco-friendly alternatives like nanocrystalline cellulose foam made from wood pulp or plant-based foams from PLA or sugarcane waste.

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    PRODUCTION OF

    FOAM USING
    PLASTIC
    SUPPORT
    Submitted By : Hritik Lal
    ID :2018A1PS0281G
    POLYSTYRENE PRODUCTION PROCESS

    Styrene Production From Ethyl Benzene

    Polystyrene Production From Styrene Through Suspension Polymerization

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    POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTION PROCESS

    Polystyrene Foam Beads Obtained From


    Polystyrene

    Apparatus Used For Production Of Polystyrene Foam Beads


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    POLYSTYRENE FOAM PRODUCTION PROCESS
    • First, styrene is made by combining ethylene and benzene.
    • Next, the styrene is Subjected to suspension polymerization and treated with a
    polymerization initiator, which together convert it into polystyrene.
    • Once a polymer chain of the desired length has formed, technicians stop the reaction
    with terminating agents. The resulting polystyrene beads are then cleaned, and
    anomalous beads of undesired shapes are filtered out.
    • To make Polystyrene Foam, Workers then melt, add a blowing agent to, and extrude
    the beads.
    • Next they heat and expand them before allowing them to sit for 24 hours so that they
    can cool and harden. The beads are then fed into a mold of the desired shape.

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    HARMFUL EFFECTS OF POLYSTYRENE AND POLYSTYRENE FOAM

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    ECO-FRIENFLY ALTERNATIVES TO POLYSTYRENE FOAM

    • Researchers at Washington State University, US have recently developed an environmentally


    friendly plant-based polystyrene foam.
    • The team developed an environmentally-friendly process that used water as a solvent instead of
    other harmful solvents. The foam was created using nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) which was
    extracted from wood pulp.
    • The new foam is a composite created from 75% nanocrystalline cellulose(NCC), along with
    polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and 1,2,3,4–butane tetracarboxylic acid (BTCA).
    • PVA is a non-toxic, water-soluble polymer that is used to increase the elasticity, and the BTCA is
    used as a crosslinking agent to bond the NCC which is nanocrystalline cellulose and polyvinyl
    alcohol (PVA)

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    PROPERTIES OF THE NCC POLYSTYRENE FOAM
    • The resulting foam is a good insulator as it has a uniform cellular structure and even surpasses
    petroleum-based polystyrene foam as an insulator.
    • It is lightweight but also has good mechanical strength, and the sample could withstand a load
    200 times its weight without any shape distortion.
    • It also has good excellent fire resistance as compared to the traditional Polystyrene Foam.

    NCC Polystyrene Foam


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    ECO-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES TO POLYSTYRENE FOAM

    • PLA Plastic Foams


    • PLA Plastic Foams are made up of PLA (polylactic acid) plastic is a thermoplastic
    typically made from the sugars in corn, cassava, or sugarcane. The FDA recognizes it
    as a food safe packaging material.
    • It is typically used to create eco-friendly containers and cups for food and beverages,
    and it is also used as a liner in paper hot cups and containers to keep the paper from
    getting soggy.

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    ECO-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES TO POLYSTYRENE FOAM

    • Sugarcane/Bagasse Foams
    • Sugarcane / bagasse foam is a plant-based, tree-free, renewable material made from
    the waste of sugarcane plants leftover after the sugar has been extracted. This fibrous,
    pulpy material is used to create durable containers that are not only environmentally
    friendly but also requires much less energy to produce than polystyrene foams

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