#chemical degradation

• Self-disintegrating — Capable of disintegrating, decomposing, or fragmenting spontaneously or automatically into elementary pieces or particles through its own structural or chemical properties, following contact with a certain fluid medium or the expiration of a preset time, without the action of an external mechanical force. In pharmacy, it describes capsules or tablets designed to dissolve autonomously in the stomach.
• To self-dissolve — To decompose, liquefy, or disintegrate through its own internal chemical or biological mechanisms without the intervention of an external solvent; to decide the dissolution, suspension, or termination of its own institutional activity by the majority vote of its members.
• Self-dissolved — Having dissolved or decomposed through its own internal chemical or biological mechanisms; an institutional or political structure that has voluntarily terminated its legal activity by the decision of its own members.