The TD-GC-qMS method development was done using
dimethyl sulphide (
1, anhydrous, ≥ 99%),
2-methylbutanal (
2, 95%),
dimethyl disulphide (
3, ≥ 98%),
2-hexanone (
4, analytical standard),
1-octanol (
6, anhydrous, ≥ 99%),
2-nonanone (
7, ≥ 99%),
1-undecene (
8, 97%),
1-decanol (
9, ≥ 9 8%) and
2-aminoacetophenone (
10, analytical standard) purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Taufkirchen, Germany), and
2-heptanone (
5, ≥ 98%) purchased from Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany).
To verify the analysis of cyclic siloxanes by atmospheric pressure ionization (APPI), coupled with thermogravimetry (TG) and a qMS, three cyclic siloxanes were analysed as single standards.
Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4, 98%, Alfa Aesar, Karlsruhe, Germany), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5, 97%, Alfa Aesar, Karlsruhe, Germany) and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6, 95%, Alfa Aesar, Karlsruhe, Germany) were used.
For all purposes, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) grade
methanol from VWR (Leuven, Belgium) and ultrapure water, generated with a
water purification system from Sartorius Stedim (Göttingen, Germany), were used. For cleaning purpose,
Decon 90 from VWR (Leuven, Belgium) was used.
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