Arcel is a trade name for a brand of rigid polystyrene/polyethylene plastic foam that was produced by Atlantic Richfield Company for use in automobile bumpers and safety barrels, and as packaging material. A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the legal name of a business, or the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes. ... Polystyrene is a polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is commercially manufactured from petroleum. ... Polyethylene or polyethene is a thermoplastic commodity heavily used in consumer products (over 60M tons are produced worldwide every year). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ARCO. (Discuss) The Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) is an oil and gas enterprise that prospered during the energy crisis, and bought Anacondas Montana holdings in 1977, including the Berkeley Pit. ...

Bodyboards

Though similar in appearance to styrofoam, Arcel is far more resilient and resistant to abuse, with good "memory", and for this reason became a favored material for the manufacturing of bodyboards between the late 1980s and the early 2000s. However, it was found that in all but the warmest sea conditions, a board based on an arcel core remains very stiff, limiting its user-friendliness in temperate waters. By the time Arco ceased production of the material, the bodyboard industry had gravitated towards the use of a polypropylene based formula which so far has delivered the enigmatic "all-state, all-season" solution. Polystyrene is a polymer made from the monomer styrene, a liquid hydrocarbon that is commercially manufactured from petroleum. ... Bodyboarder getting major air at The Wedge A bodyboard, known in surfing slang as a sponge, is a form of surfboard consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. ... Polypropylene lid of a Tic Tacs box, with a living hinge and the resin identification code under its flap Polypropylene or polypropene (PP) is a thermoplastic polymer, used in a wide variety of applications, including food packaging, textiles, laboratory equipment, automotive components, and polymer banknotes. ...