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What type of cleavage happens when polyethylene is heated

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polyethylene usually degrades by random scission—that is by a random breakage of the linkages (bonds) that hold the atoms of the polymer together. When this polymer is heated above 450 Celsius it becomes a complex mixture of molecules of various sizes that resemble gasoline.

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