the degradation of plastic waste by improving its biodegradability. Some forms of plastic recycling can involve the complete degradation of a polymer back...

In polymers, such as plastics, thermal degradation refers to a type of polymer degradation where damaging chemical changes take place at elevated temperatures...

susceptible to UV degradation while polyesters are susceptible to degradation by hydrolysis. Polymers containing an unsaturated backbone degrade via ozone cracking...

inhibit or retard their degradation. Common polymer degradation processes include oxidation, UV-damage, thermal degradation, ozonolysis, combinations...

Mitomo H, Yoshii F, Kume T (1 May 2001). "Degradation of poly(l-lactic acid) by γ-irradiation". Polymer Degradation and Stability. 72 (2): 337–343. doi:10...

In polymer chemistry photo-oxidation (sometimes: oxidative photodegradation) is the degradation of a polymer surface due to the combined action of light...

Committee for Standardisation) Technical report CEN/TR 15351 "Oxo-degradation" is degradation identified as resulting from oxidative cleavage of macromolecules"...

which prevent polymer degradation. Microbial communities isolated from soil samples mixed with starch have been shown to be capable of degrading polypropylene...

Look up degradation, degrade, or degrading in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Degradation may refer to: Degradation (geology), lowering of a fluvial surface...

plastic contains some polymer stabilizers which permit them to be melt-processed (molded) without suffering polymer degradation. Other additives are optional...