Photodegradable ecolyte process

The rate of photodegradation of Ecolyte polymers was found generally not to be affected by the presence of antioxidants in the polymer, as the process is photolytic and not photoxidative (unless if they absorb in wavelength range that initiate degradation), but was shown to be directly proportional to the concentration of the... 

Ecolyte plastics are made by copolymerizing ketone-containing comonomers in small amounts with ethylene, styrene, or other monomers used in the manufacture of commercial plastics. The process is covered by a number of patents [17]. Condensation polymers such as nylon and polyesters can also be made photodegradable by this method [18]. It is even possible with polymers such as poly(vinyl chloride) [19] and poly(acrylonitrile) [20] which normally do not degrade by chain scission. Poly(ethylene... 

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