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Polymeric foam
Foam formed from polymers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A polymeric foam is a special foam, in liquid or solidified form, formed from polymers.[1]
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Examples include:
- Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, the copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate; also referred to as polyethylene-vinyl acetate (PEVA)
- Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) foam, first grade of polyethylene (PE)
- Nitrile rubber (NBR) foam, the copolymers of acrylonitrile (ACN) and butadiene
- Polychloroprene foam or Neoprene
- Polyimide foam
- Polypropylene (PP) foam, including expanded polypropylene (EPP) and polypropylene paper (PPP)
- Polystyrene (PS) foam, including expanded polystyrene (EPS), extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) and sometimes polystyrene paper (PSP)
- Styrofoam, including extruded polystyrene foam (XPS) and sometimes expanded polystyrene (EPS)
- Polyurethane (PU) foam
- LRPu low-resilience polyurethane
- Memory foam
- Sorbothane
- Polyurea foam
- Polyethylene foam, as used in PEF rod
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) foam
- Silicone foam
- Microcellular foam