1. Styrene is made by combining ethylene and benzene in water to form droplet.

2. The styrene is added with polymerization initiator (aluminum chloride,), which

together convert it into polystyrene.
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%. $eating & '((&')( " to dehydrogenated
). *nce a polymer chain of the desired length has formed, technicians stop the reaction
with terminating agents.
'. The resulting polystyrene beads are then cleaned, and anomalous beads filtered out.