This is the name given to the process of separation of each of the different parts or elements that shape a certain object, animal or person. In the same way, this is often called the state of putrefaction in which an animal or plant can be found, several days after its death.
On some occasions, it is also used to refer to those moments of simple illness that the average person faces, especially those related to the digestive system. Decomposition is one of the most common biological and chemical mechanisms and involves a large amount of life, although it begins with the death of a being:
In biological terms, decomposition is nothing more than the transition from a living being to a simpler form of matter. Chemistry, for its part, defines it as the breakdown of those substances constituted by molecules or ions, thus forming other substances of smaller molecules and ions. It is a cyclical process, the purpose of which is to recycle the matter present in biomes or bioclimatic landscapes. Not all creatures decompose in the same way, but it is common for them to have the same sequential stages, that is, their state, after the process is over, is similar.
Decomposition can be divided into two categories: abiotic, that which is produced by the action of various chemical and physical processes, such as hydrolysis; biotics, also known as biodegradation, in which living things decompose to simpler substances or materials.
