Material that will expand more than SAP's

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The discussion focuses on finding materials with greater expansion properties than Super Absorbent Polymers (SAPs) when exposed to moisture. Participants mention the potential of chemical combinations that can create soft or structural foam with significant expansion from small quantities. There is an emphasis on the need for moisture in the environment to trigger this expansion. Suggestions for non-caustic chemicals that could work in a binary fashion to achieve substantial expansion are also sought. The conversation highlights the search for alternatives that surpass the capabilities of traditional SAPs.
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Any suggestions about a material that has more expanding properties when exposed to moisture than Super Absorbant Polymers? Or binary materials...IE...when mixed together and then moistened have a greater expansion capability than SAP's?

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If moisture is not main consideration then there are certainly chemical combinations which will produce soft or structural foam when mixed . Enormous expansions from small quantities of chemicals are possible .
 
Thank you for your reply. Will want moisture, in the environment where it's being used, to create the expansion. Looking for other things similar to SAP's that may have even more expansion capability or other characteristics. Also, I haven't ruled out using other non-caustic chemicals that would work in a binary fashion and "enormously" expand when mixed together. Any specific suggestions?
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