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Shandong Novista Chemicals Co.,Ltd (Novista Group) [Shandong,China] Business Type:Manufacturer , Service , Distributor/Wholesaler Main Markets: Africa , Americas , Asia , Caribbean , East Europe , Europe , Middle East , North Europe , Oceania , Other Markets , West Europe , Worldwide Exporter:71% - 80% Certs:GB, OHSMS, FDA

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EPS and XPS in cold store refrigerated warehousing - long term water absorption tests for frost insulation materials

2016-12-24

Highlights:

1.Water absorption test was made for several different frost insulation materials.

2.Immersion time was 48 months instead of 1 month suggested in standard.

3.The effect of frost attack and cutting method was also taken into account.

4.Frost attack was significant for absorption of EPS products.

5.The ageing had significant effect on XPS products while frost attack had a minor effect.

Abstract

Water absorption of several different frost insulation materials was tested for four years. The test took into account both immersion and frost attack to materials. On the basis of the research the water absorption on XPS specimens is significantly minor compared to EPS specimens that were studied. The most significant result was that freezing of test specimens did not affect on water absorption of XPS specimens but had a major effect on water absorption of EPS specimens. With frozen EPS specimen the absorption continued increasing even after 48 months of immersion. Presumably the reason for such a behaviour is that the pore structure of EPS is not able to resist the tension caused by freezing water and therefore cracks are formed. Thus, more water absorbs inside the EPS through the cracks and it causes cracking deeper in the specimen which is why absorption increases after every freezing period.

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