degradable

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Qualifier to a substance that can undergo physical and/or chemical deleterious changes of some properties, especially of integrity, under stress conditions.
Note: Lactic acid-based polyesters are degradable polymers and more precisely hydrolytically degradable polymers.
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 193. (Nomenclature and terminology for linear lactic acid-based polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)) on page 208 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'degradable' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.09598 RIS BibTex EndNote
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