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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
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Subject: Re: Lifetime of foam products
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Date: Mon, 19-Nov-84 17:56:11 EST
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>Lately, I have noticed various plastic foam pieces deteriorating or
>disintegrating...... 

>Does anyone know what is going on here?....

>Will Martin

I've wondered that myself.  I've noticed that the black 'static' foam
used to store static sensitive I.C.'s turns to a kind of sticky-black-
powder-goo after a few years.  I found some of it at the bottom of a
parts junk box and it took me a while to figure out what it was.  Also,
I have a pair of Sennheiser headphones, the standard studio type with the
yellow foam ear-pieces, and the foam has recently fallen apart.  Seems as
if there is some built in obsolescence, or something.  Couch and mattress
foam seems to get powdery in time too, I've noticed.  Time for some new
hi-tech foam products I guess.

Keith Doyle
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