13922 IUPAC Gold Book - theoretical degree of biodegradation 10.1351/goldbook.13922 13922 current 1 Degree of biodegradation that corresponds to conversion of all the organic matter present in an original polymer-based item to minerals and biomass. This expression is used as reference to assess biodegradable components that are not accessible to biodegradation from those that are bioavailable. Degree of biodegradation https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13893 bioavailability https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/13876 PAC, 2012, 84, 377. 'Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 396 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-12-04) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13922/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13922/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13922/plain Citation: 'theoretical degree of biodegradation' 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.13922 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. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . 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. 2026-07-14T07:43:27+00:00