{"term":{"id":"09600","title":"homogeneous degradation","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - homogeneous degradation","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.09600","code":"09600","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Degradation that occurs at the same rate regardless of the location within a polymeric item.","notes":{"1":"Homogeneous degradation occurs in aqueous media when soluble degradation by-products that participate in the autocatalyzed hydrolysis diffuse faster out of the matrix than they degrade inside. Homogeneous degradation is also observed in air or in a medium that is not a solvent for degradation by-products, because these products cannot diffuse to such outer media."},"sources":["PAC, 2020, 92, 193. 'Nomenclature and terminology for linear lactic acid-based polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 208 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2017-1007)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09600\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09600\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09600\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'homogeneous degradation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.09600","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-28T16:28:16+00:00"}}