Chemical decomposition
BREAKDOWN OF A SINGLE ENTITY (NORMAL MOLECULE, REACTION INTERMEDIATE, ETC.) INTO TWO OR MORE FRAGMENTS; OPPOSITE OR REVERSE PROCESS OF A SYNTHESIS REACTION
Decomposition reaction; Decompose (chemistry); Chemical degradation; Chemical breakdown; Decomposition product; Decomposition (chemistry)
Chemical decomposition, or chemical breakdown, is the process or effect of simplifying a single chemical entity (normal molecule, reaction intermediate, etc.) into two or more fragments.