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Development of analytical methods for speciation of organotin compounds in environmental samples using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

Author(s): Mitja Vahčič (Author), Janez Ščančar (Supervisor)

Year: 2011

Type: Doctoral dissertation

Organotin compounds (OTCs) are the organometallic compounds with the most numerous applications. Today, it is more than 50 years of their intensive development and use. While they are highly useful chemicals they are also extremely toxic to a wide array of aquatic and terrestrial living organisms at very low concentrations. …