About- Applications
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Styropan XPS extruded polystyrene is a foamed, synthetic material, widely known worldwide with many applications in buildings. It is a “closed cell structure” material, which, through polymerization process and continuous extrusion takes the form of thermal insulation panels. |
The properties that differentiate Styropan XPS extruded polystyrene from other types of insulation materials are:
- Are eco-friendly as they contain a percentage of recycled raw material.
- Very high mechanical strength (compressive stress at 10% deformation, tensile strength perpendicular to faces, shear strength) thus high load-bearing capacity which is particularly important in terraces, floors and especially industrial facilities floors etc.
- Very low water absorption that makes it an ideal insulating material in applications such as in underground walls, inverted or green roofs etc.
- Very low values of thermal conductivity coefficient, that ensure minimal heat flow between the building shell and the environment, achieving thermal comfort with the least possible energy consumption.
- They are 100% recyclable and they do not contain chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), hydro-chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) or hydro-fluorocarbon (HFC).
- They exhibit excellent adhesion to concrete or mortars as they can be manufactured without the extrusion skin and/or in the form of embossed, rhomboidal surface (e.g. Styropan XPS ETICS EMB).
XPS products are applied to a building from its foundations to its roof, indicative application fields:
- Roofs (on concrete slabs, for both conventional & inverted roofs)
- Floors (residential or industrial, including underground floors)
- Walls (as a core insulation between walls, external thermal insulation composite/ETICS systems , concrete walls, insulating concrete forms/ICF)
- Inclined rooftops (internally or externally)
- Underground structures (around the walls internally or externally, floors, foundations)
