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n. (context chemistry English) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments
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Usage examples of "depolymerization".
The oil producing nations were still antsy about the future as more depolymerization plants turning waste into oil came online in the United States, making the prospects for near self-sufficiency in petroleum more realistic.
The car had cost a bundle, but it got formidable mileage--a real consideration these days--and gasoline was still available because one of the new depolymerization plants outside the city furnished the oil for a small refinery.
And depolymerization plants large and small were springing up everywhere, turning all kinds of waste, from turkey guts to old tires into usable oil.
Nuclear weapons, oil, religion and technology developments like those depolymerization plants you see everywhere now making oil from garbage and refuse will all play a part.