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    Styroplastic Pad

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    Researchers developed an alternative plastic pad using common waste materials like styrofoam and plastic. The pad is made by melting and dissolving styrofoam, plastic strips, and coconut oil, then allowing the mixture to solidify. A survey found that the resulting Styroplastic pad met standards for functionality, durability, efficiency, and cost.

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    Styroplastic Pad

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    Researchers developed an alternative plastic pad using common waste materials like styrofoam and plastic. The pad is made by melting and dissolving styrofoam, plastic strips, and coconut oil, then allowing the mixture to solidify. A survey found that the resulting Styroplastic pad met standards for functionality, durability, efficiency, and cost.

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    Researchers developed an alternative plastic pad using common waste materials like styrofoam and plastic. The pad is made by melting and dissolving styrofoam, plastic strips, and coconut oil, then allowing the mixture to solidify. A survey found that the resulting Styroplastic pad met standards for functionality, durability, efficiency, and cost.

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    Styroplastic Pad

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    Mike Breen
    Researchers developed an alternative plastic pad using common waste materials like styrofoam and plastic. The pad is made by melting and dissolving styrofoam, plastic strips, and coconut oil, then allowing the mixture to solidify. A survey found that the resulting Styroplastic pad met standards for functionality, durability, efficiency, and cost.

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     to produce an alternative plastic pad in the

    market with the use common waste in the


    environment such as styrofoam and plastic
     The main components of the Styroplastic pad
    composite are styrofoam, polyethylene
    terephthalate plastic strips and a solvent
    which is coconut oil.
     The researchers in this project used the
    concept of melting, dissolving, and
    solidification in conducting the methods. Raw
    materials need to melt and dissolve together
    in order to form the solution. The raw
    materials need a solvent for dissolving.In a
    specific temperature, the solution will cool
    then solidifies, forming the desired
    composite pad.
     As the researchers were conducting the experiment,
    observations were made. When coconut oil was being
    heated, it does not emit foul odors. The styrofoam
    dissolved fast when submerged in boiling coconut oil. The
    mixture required to be mixed continuously for the
    components to dissolved together. The solution rapidly
    solidifies at room temperature.It is evident that the
    coconut oil discolored to a grayish substance after cooking
    the Styroplastic pad. The final product has proportion of
    brittleness with the thickness. The final product has
    smooth surface and it is also can be mold easily into
    definite shapes. The Styroplastic pad was relatively light
    when compared to plastic in market.
     The researchers conducted a survey about
    the Styroplastic pad. The purpose of the
    survey is to gather data and to evaluate the
    product standards. There were thirty
    professional respondents that participated on
    the survey. The survey has four parts that
    represents the standard of the Styroplastic
    pad: functionality, durability, accuracy and
    efficiency, and economical and industrial
    consideration.
     The production cost of the Styroplastic Pad is
    cheap and highly dependent on how the
    materials had taken
     The price of the Styroplastic Pad in the
    market is also cheap and highly dependent to
    the volume of the product created.
     Styroplastic Pad is a composite made of solidified solution of
    styrofoams, plastics, and coconut oil. The importance of the
    project is reduction of styrofoams and plastics in the environment
    and produce a material capable for long period of time usage. The
    idea of researchers become possible by planning the methods
    applicable for the raw materials to be used. Concepts of melting,
    dissolving, and solidification are applied within the methods. The
    polarity of materials is same therefore dissolving it together was
    possible. After conducting the survey, the data interpreted: The
    Styroplastic Pad is acceptable to standards of end users. The
    respondents considered the functionality, durability, accuracy and
    efficiency, and economical and industrial contribution of the
    composite material

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