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What does photodegrade mean?

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Verb
  1. to decompose as a result of exposure to light, especially that of the sun.
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They photodegrade on exposure to sunlight, although they do so only under dry conditions, as water inhibits photolysis.
They will photodegrade on exposure to the sun, but they do so properly only under dry conditions, and water inhibits this process.
When floating plastic particles photodegrade down to zooplankton sizes, jellyfish attempt to consume them, and in this way the plastic enters the ocean food chain.
Spartan herbicide does not photodegrade at the soil surface.
The data of Table 4 show that lignin samples mixed with UV screens showed less tendency to photodegrade than similar samples in the absence of UV screens.
In these studies, it was shown that different sensitizers photodegrade at different rates in solutions, cells, and tissues.

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