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The combination of element-specific investigation by low temperature gas chromatography coupled on-line with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (LT-GC/ICP-OES) and gas chromatography using mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS), as an additional analytical technique for molecular identification, was employed for the determination of volatile organosilicon species. Gaseous and liquid samples from waste deposit sites, waste composting tanks and sewage-disposal plants were investigated. It was frequently possible to identify the labile silanol compound trimethylsilanol as a dominant silicon species in waste disposal and waste composting gases. The results presented give rise to the assumption that trimethylsilanol is a volatile product of the degradation of organosilicon materials under special environmental conditions.
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Received: 24 July 1997 / Revised: 8 October 1997 / Accepted: 21 October 1997
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Grümping, R., Mikolajczak, D. & Hirner, A. Determination of trimethylsilanol in the environment by LT-GC/ICP-OES and GC-MS. Fresenius J Anal Chem 361, 133–139 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050849
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160050849