# Interesting article on subsea flotation foam

**URL:** <https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/interesting-article-on-subsea-flotation-foam/77>\
**Category:** Buoyancy and Ballast\
**Created:** [July 17, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/interesting-article-on-subsea-flotation-foam/77 "2015-07-17T03:24:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/stretch)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/interesting-article-on-subsea-flotation-foam/77/1 "2015-07-17T03:24:23Z")

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> **[Equipping Remotely Operated Vehicles with Subsea Polyurethane to Increase...](https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=12211)**
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> This article shows how the subsea polyurethane foam supplied by General Plastics was integrated in remotely operated vehicles (ROV) to withstand underwater buoyancy.

Sounds like Outland is using foam similar to what’s in the BR store?

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**Author:** ![rjehangir](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/rjehangir/32/671_2.png) [@rjehangir](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/rjehangir)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/interesting-article-on-subsea-flotation-foam/77/2 "2015-07-17T03:38:23Z")

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Paul,

Interesting. Thanks for sharing! The foam on the store is R-3312. Would there be interest in the higher density versions able to go deeper than 300 ft?

-Rusty

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**Author:** ![coastwatchalliance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/coastwatchalliance/32/851_2.png) [@coastwatchalliance](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/coastwatchalliance)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/interesting-article-on-subsea-flotation-foam/77/3 "2017-02-20T22:04:08Z")

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I would like to go beyond 300 ft. Until now I assumed I would have to build my own flotation.

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**Author:** ![Mikxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mikxie](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/Mikxie)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/interesting-article-on-subsea-flotation-foam/77/4 "2017-09-20T12:42:16Z")

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Yes to \>100 m, but it would also be nice to have larger floats, that fill the shells completely.