Which outcome accelerates degradation when ultraviolet radiation excites polymer chain bonds in exterior plastics?

💡 Explanation

When UV photons excite polymer bonds, homolytic cleavage occurs because the photon energy exceeds the bond dissociation energy, creating free radicals which initiate chain scission. Therefore chain scission is accelerated, rather than glass transition, crystallization, or hydrolysis which require different initiating mechanisms.

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