A polymeric foam is a special foam, in liquid or solidified form, formed from polymers.1
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#Foams (PS) foam
- Expanded polystyrene (EPS)
- Extruded polystyrene foam (XPS), sometimes sold under brand name Styrofoam
- sometimes polystyrene paper (PSP)
- 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
References
References
- Taskin, Omer Suat (2023). "Polymeric Foams: Materials, Technology, and Applications". In Gupta, Ram K. (ed.). Polymeric Foams: Applications of Polymeric Foams. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. pp. 51–63. doi:10.1021/bk-2023-1440.ch003. ISBN 978-0-8412-9716-6.