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Polymer degradation is the reduction in the physical properties of a polymer, such as strength, caused by changes in its chemical composition.Polymers and particularly plastics are subject to degradation at all stages of their product life cycle, including during their initial processing, use, disposal into the environment and recycling. [1]
Human health and environmental facts of aluminium diethyl phosphinate are summarized in a fact sheet. [13] Further data are given in the Arcadis Study carried out on behalf of the European Commission Health & Consumers DG, Contract number 17.020200/09/549040: “Identification and evaluation of data on flame retardants in consumer products.
In polymers, such as plastics, thermal degradation refers to a type of polymer degradation where damaging chemical changes take place at elevated temperatures, without the simultaneous involvement of other compounds such as oxygen.
Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, also known as sodium triacetoxyhydroborate, commonly abbreviated STAB, is a chemical compound with the formula Na[(CH 3 COO) 3 BH]. Like other borohydrides, it is used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis. This colourless salt is prepared by protonolysis of sodium borohydride with acetic acid: [1]
Reversible-addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization (RAFT polymerization, RAFT): Degenerate-transfer radical polymerization in which chain activation and chain deactivation involve a degenerative chain-transfer process which occurs by a two-step addition-fragmentation mechanism.
Yellow slime mold growing on a bin of wet paper. Biodegradation is the breakdown of organic matter by microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. [a] [2] It is generally assumed to be a natural process, which differentiates it from composting.
Progress in Polymer Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing review articles on topics broadly related to polymer chemistry.The 2022 impact factor of this journal was 27.1, ranking it the highest in the subject category "Polymer Science". [1]
The three most-cited papers are: "Stepwise polyelectrolyte assembly on particle surfaces: a novel approach to colloid design", Volume 9, Issue 10–11, Oct-Nov 1998, Pages: 759–767, Sukhorukov GB, Donath E, Davis S, et al.