{"term":{"id":"13957","title":"environmentally degradable polymer","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - environmentally degradable polymer","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.13957","code":"13957","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Polymer that can be degraded by the action of the environment, through, for example, air, light, heat, or microorganisms.","notes":{"1":"When it is to be a source of material, such a polymer must be designed to degrade into products at a predictable rate compatible with the application. Such products are usually of lower molar mass than the original polymer."},"sources":["PAC, 2012, 84, 377. 'Terminology for biorelated polymers and applications (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 404 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/PAC-REC-10-12-04)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13957\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13957\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/13957\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'environmentally degradable polymer' 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.13957","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":"2026-05-08T09:04:42+00:00"}}