Thermal means heat. Decomposing is the process of breaking down. Thermal decomposition is a chemical reaction that happens when a compound breaks down when heated. When sodium hydrogencarbonate is ...

Skeletal decay is the end of the decomposition process. A variety of factors result ... actin and myosin—becoming tightly linked by chemical bonds that develop in response to lower pH levels ...

The decomposition process is also autocatalytic—in other words, molecules formed during decomposition act as catalysts for even more decomposition, triggering a runaway reaction that poses an ...

However, an efficient process is also needed to convert it back ... the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Technische Universität Berlin ...

such as chemical leaching and spontaneous combustion. While pyrolysis -- a process that chemically recycles rubber through high-temperature decomposition -- is widely used, it generates harmful ...