If you have seen my post on popcorn, then you will probably be a bit familiar with what I will be talking about for this post! |
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So another word you may hear when talking about styrofoam is "polystyrene". The word comes from the fact that it is created from combining styrene which is not only used when creating products, but also exists naturally in many foods (such as strawberries and meat).
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When viewing this under the microscope, I was fascinated at how these bubblewrap-like materials are actually formed through threads and threads of monomers. It also interested me how popcorn also resembled this polymer, perhaps meaning popcorn also contains countless amounts of the monomer styrene!
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https://inhabitat.com/shocking-caribbean-photos-reveal-a-sea-of-plastic-and-styrofoam/
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