Which risk increases for molded polymers when exposed to UV light?

💡 Explanation

Prolonged UV exposure can cause chain scission, a specific depolymerization where polymer chains break because photochemical reactions cleave covalent bonds. Therefore molded parts degrade and become brittle, rather than crystallizing which requires thermal energy. These reactions occur due to incident photons' high kinetic energy.

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