Polystyrene

A thermoplastic polymer of styrene monomer.

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How it connects

Polystyrene is a kind of Plastic.

Other kinds of Plastic: ABS, Polycarbonate and Polyvinyl chloride.

In other taxonomies

polystyreneISO 1043-1, PSthe same thing
Polystyrene (PS)Uniclass, Ma_60_65_85nearly the same
polystyreneWikidata, Q146243nearly the same

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Where it sits

One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term

Polymer

Plastic4

Polystyrene

4 terms, Polycarbonate to Polystyrene

Record

Seen in the wild: Poly Styrene
Broader: Plastic
Provenance: referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ISO 1043-1:2011+Amd 1:2016, read 22 Sep 2026

For machines

Permanent address

/id/material/polystyrene

This termGET /v1/concepts/material/polystyrene
The word, every meaningGET /v1/term/polystyrene

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Knowledge graph

Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.

has-conceptMaterialincoming
has-conceptMaterialincoming
narrowerPlasticincoming
belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
broaderPlasticoutgoing

Derived hierarchy views

ancestor (derived)Plasticoutgoing
ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
sibling (derived)ABSoutgoing
sibling (derived)Polycarbonateoutgoing
sibling (derived)Polyvinyl chlorideoutgoing

Crosswalks

External mappings and dated negative results for Polystyrene
Scheme	Identifier	Their label, or the search	How close
ISO 1043-1	PS	polystyrene	the same thing
Uniclass	Ma_60_65_85	Polystyrene (PS)	nearly the same
Wikidata	Q146243	polystyrene	nearly the same