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02/20/2025 16:35 Polyurethane with Shape Memory: From Foil to Foam Andrea Schneidewendt Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung IAP. Researchers at ...

The main material in memory foam is polyurethane, but it also contains additional compounds and additives that make it more elastic, so that it adapts to the sleeper’s body shape. Much like ...

Polyurethane foams, including memory foam, are made of three basic ingredients: a polyol, an isocyanate, and water.Water, we are all familiar with, but if you last took chemistry in high school ...

Fossil fuel-based polyurethane foam has been a firm favourite in furniture manufacturing for over half a century. Jane Englefield investigates the material.