Ikibaho cya XPS, cyiswe polystirene ikuramo plastike (XPS kubugufi) ifite imiterere itagira inenge ifunze-pore alveolate. Imikorere yayo nkubucucike, kwinjiza amazi, coefficente yubushyuhe hamwe na coefficente yo gukwirakwiza amavuta nibindi nibindi bifite inyungu kurenza iyindi mbaho mubikoresho byo kubika ubushyuhe kandi bifite ibiranga ubukana bukomeye, ibikoresho byoroheje, urumuri rwikirere, antikorosiyo, Kurwanya gusaza, kugiciro gito, nibindi Byakoreshejwe cyane mubijyanye no kubungabunga ubushyuhe no kubika ubushyuhe mu nganda zubaka, kurwanya ubukonje bwumuhanda, gari ya moshi, ikibuga cyindege, kare hamwe nibikoresho byo murugo. Mubisanzwe biremewe nibikoresho byiza byo kubika ubushyuhe ku isoko muri iki gihe.