Municipal landfills exhale newly formed organotins.
For the first time we are able to report the identification and quantification of several unexpected alkylated tin compounds such as dimethyldiethyltin, trimethylethyltin and propyltrimethyltin in European municipal waste deposits, by using GC-ICP-MS. Future studies will reveal whether their origin is from the degradation of butyl-, or octyltin compounds or simply products of de novo synthesis within the landfill environment.
Mitra
Sanjay K
SK
University of Aberdeen, College of Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Old Aberdeen, Scotland, UKAB24 3UE. j.feldmann@abdn.ac.uk.
Jiang
Kijeung
K
Haas
Karsten
K
Feldmann
Jörg
J
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D002947:Cities; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005858:Germany; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D009947:Organotin Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012606:Scotland
D000393:Air Pollutants; D007220:Industrial Waste; D009947:Organotin Compounds