1 Scope
This document specifies a method for determining the total content of the following
cyclosiloxanes in chemicals for the leather tanning industry:
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— octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4);
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— decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5);
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— dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6);
This method requires the use of gas chromatography (GC) equipped with a single quadrupole
mass spectrometer (MS) to identify and quantify the cyclosiloxanes.