Translation of "Bestand abbauen" in English

Ausserdem war die Compoundierung dieser Blends schwierig, da die Gefahr von Vernetzungen oder Abbau bestand.
Also, the compounding of these blends was difficult, as there was the risk of crosslinkings or decomposition.
EuroPat v2

Die erste Aufgabe bestand darin, den Abbau komplexer Differentialgleichungen in der kleinsten möglichen Schritte.
The first task was breaking down complex differential equations into the smallest possible steps.
ParaCrawl v7.1