What is the correct name for the foam used to make flip-flops & play mats?

Answer 1

Polymer is a term used to describe large molecules consisting of repeating structural units, or monomers, connected by covalent chemical bonds. The term is derived from the Greek words: polys meaning many, and meros meaning parts [1]. A key feature that distinguishes polymers from other molecules is the repetition of many identical, similar, or complementary molecular subunits in these chains. These subunits, the monomers, are small molecules of low-to-moderate molecular weight, and are linked to each other during a chemical reaction called polymerization.

Similar monomers can have various chemical substituents. These differences between monomers can affect properties such as solubility, flexibility, and strength. In proteins, these differences give the polymer the ability to adopt a biologically-active conformation. (See self-assembly.) Identical monomers with nonreactive side groups result in a polymer chain that will tend to adopt a random coil conformation, as described by an ideal chain mathematical model. Although most polymers are organic, with carbon-based monomers, there are also inorganic polymers; for example, the silicones, with a backbone of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms and polyphosphazenes.

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Answer 2

Aerated Polybutylene

Answer 3

Most probably the type of foam is polyurethane but it could be polyether.

Answer 4

maxell 15 doesn't really answer your Q, just gives you a whole load of chemistry!

i don't know what is called but hes probably right about it being a polymer, so its prob called poly- something.

Answer 5

poly this poly that polly put the kettle on, rubber,thats what those cheap and nasty flip-flops are made off!

Answer 6

neoprene, there are other types though LD45 and LD70 builders foam