The process of converting a
polymer into a
monomer or a mixture of monomers.
Note:
Unzipping is depolymerization occurring by a
sequence of reactions, progressing along a
macromolecule and yielding products, usually
monomer molecules at each
reaction step, from which macromolecules similar to the original can be regenerated.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287
(Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2309
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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