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US 2007/0178577 A1Published application
Method for effecting the anaerobic biological decomposition of organsiloxanes
AssigneeWacker Chemie AG
InventorsAnton Candussio, Manfred Amann, Guenter Wich
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Abstract
Biological decomposition of compounds containing Si-C bands such as PDMS takes place under substantially anaerobic conditions in the presence of an alternative electron acceptor.
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A method for the biological decomposition of a material comprising a silicon-carbon single bond comprising incubating a mixture of the material and a microorganism population under anaerobic or microaerobic conditions with addition of an alternative electron acceptor.
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