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Versatile Polystyrene Packaging Solutions

Explore the versatility of polystyrene in packaging with items like vending cups, glue fibers, and more. Discover how rubber is made from latex and acid, along with molding rubber balls and testing elasticity. Experiment with polymorph granules for easy molding.

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Versatile Polystyrene Packaging Solutions

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  1. Packaging made of polystyrene.

  2. A polystyrene vending cup will flatten when heated.

  3. A hot glue gun heats the polymer used for the glue creating fine fibres.

  4. A variety of items made from polystyrene processed in different ways.

  5. Examples of materials that contain cross-linked polymers.

  6. Rubber can be made from liquid rubber latex and a weak acid such as lemon juice.

  7. After mixing acid with rubber latex, solid rubber is formed.

  8. Solid rubber being rinsed in water and moulded into a ball.

  9. Rubber ball being dried on a cloth.

  10. Testing the elasticity of the rubber ball.

  11. Polymorph granules soften when put into warm water, and can be removed as a clump and moulded by hand.

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