RePoEs (2023)

Research hypothesis, Polystyrene foam is a material with superior properties of mechanical resistance, thermal insulation resistance to extreme environmental conditions, hydrophobic, long-lasting over time, and does not lose these properties after its useful life, discarding it without a proper treatment generating a huge problem due to its volume in the spaces where it is discarded and stored globally, so it is a material that could be recycled by transforming its volume, with which the mentioned properties would change to be reused in engineering pieces with various shapes.

Their data shows that when it is processed by compression, its properties change remarkably. Any notable findings and how the data can be interpreted. The changes in properties at 25°C and -15°C when compressed to various thicknesses show materials with a high degree of thermal insulation, a high degree of hydrophobicity, and high hardness: high tenacity, flexibility, and ability to change shape without breaking.