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Breaking Mechanism

The degradation of polypropylene is achieved in a 3 step process:

Initiation: Free radical formation by thermal decomposition of organic peroxide

Macroradical formation: transfer of alkoxy radical to PP backbone

Beta scission: Macroradical rearrangement leading to chain scission

The macroradical can then be transferred to another PP chain.



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