A process that reduces a polymer to individual elements. For rubber, this reduction permits the blending of these individual elements with other polymers.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The dismantling of a polymer, eg, a polypeptide chain, into individual component units, eg, amino acids.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Depolymerointi, depolymeroituminen Depolymerisation, depolymerisering A process in which polymer is revised to a polymer of a lower molecule weight than the original structure