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Styropor® BF 422

Expanded Polystyrene

Supplied by BASF Corporation

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Product Description
Styropor BF products can be used in a wide variety of applications including blocks for panels, general insulation, below grade use, fabrication, flotation, and general packaging. Additional applications include insulated concrete forms, thin walled custom molding, and other general protective packaging.

Modified expandable polystyrene (EPS) containing approximately 6 wt% pentane as the blowing agent.

Styropor BF products are compatible with many anti-stat, mineral oil and color additives added during processing.

Shape molding for thin walled applications with fast cycles requiring modified material
General  
Material Status 
  • Commercial: Active
Availability 
  • Europe
  • North America
  
Additive 
  • Blowing Agent (6%) 1
Features 
  • Fast Molding Cycle
  • Foamable
  
Uses 
  • Flotation Devices
  • Insulation
  • Packaging
  • Reinforced Panels
  • Thin-walled Parts
Agency Ratings 
Forms 
  • Spheres
Processing Method 
  • Injection Molding
Physical
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Apparent Density
g/cm³
  
Bead Diameter 3
mil
  
Moisture Content
%
  
Flammability
Nominal Value
Unit
Test Method
Flame Rating - UL
 
 UL 94
UL File Number
 
  
Related Terminology
Product names can be difficult to match. You may have searched any one of these terms to find this product: Styropor® BF 422, Styropor BF 422, Styropor® , Styropor, StyroporBF422, BF 422, BF422, PS, Polystyrene, Expanded, Polystyrene Expanded, PS (EPS), PS EPS, Polystyrene, BASF, PolystyreneExpanded, PSEPS, 422BF
Features
Features may also be described by the following terms: Fast Cycle, Rapid Cycle, Productivity, Fast Molding Cycle.
Uses
Uses may also be described by the following terms: Reinforced Panels, Reinforced Panel, Thin-walled Parts, Thin Walled Parts, Thin-wall Parts, Thin wall Parts, Thinwall Parts.
Agency Ratings
This plastic material has 3 certifications from the following agencies (the number in parentheses shows the number of certifications for that agency): EC (1), ASTM (2).
Notes
1Pentane
2Typical properties: these are not to be construed as specifications.
3> 97%, 2% max <0.35mm
 
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