Sentences with phrase «of photodegradation»

Plastic does not biodegrade and it takes hundreds of years for it to break down through a process of photodegradation.

The majority of the debris comprises microplastics that are created by the process of photodegradation (in the ocean, the sun breaks down the plastics into ever smaller pieces).

The global scope of the study could help researchers set upper and lower limits for black carbon deposition and better account for the effects of photodegradation, a process by which sunlight alters the molecular composition over time.

Not exact matches

Over time, this process of oxidation and photodegradation creates the beautiful grey color of reclaimed, aged wood.