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