Polymers transform into biodegradable components (IMAGE)

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

Polymers transform into biodegradable components

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Long hydrocarbon chains of polymers are broken into shorter units with the introduction of aluminum end groups.

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U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory

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