Can human urine dissolve Styrofoam?

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Can human urine dissolve Styrofoam?

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Can human urine dissolve Styrofoam? if so, how? What factors in pharmacology could be involved?
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Re: Can human urine dissolve Styrofoam?

Post by SciB »

I doubt it, but there's a good way to find out...

Styrofoam is a kind of plastic and plastics in general are stable to aqueous solutions like urine. Organic chemicals like acetone will dissolve Styrofoam.
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