“…Since TMAH is one of the most popular thermochemolysis reagents [14], the studies about TMAH thermochemolysis have been reviewed for its application on the analyses of humic acids [52,84,90,102,103], humic-like substances [104e107], fatty acids [82,88,102,108], phenolic compounds [16,19,81,109], amino acids [64,110], aromatic and aliphatic compounds [29,111], and carbamates [112]. In addition, TMAH is not only a thermochemolysis reagent but is also used as an effective silicon etching solvent [113e115], for dissolution of E. crypticus [116], as a strong base catalyst for transesterification [117], as an extraction solvent for mercury [42,118e121], and Sulfur atom detection [17,122], as a dispersant [123], as a balance-fluid in the fabrication of functionalized-porosity layered-ceramics processes [124], as a digestion solvent for biological samples [125,126], for pH adjustment of solutions [127,128], and for extraction of different halogen elements in soils, such as fluorine [129], chloride [130,131], bromine [132,133], and iodine [134e137].…”