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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aerosol Sci Technol. 2023 Mar;57(5):450–466. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2023.2190786

Table 1.

VCCs of focus emitted from Puff Bar.

# Analyte CAS # Hazardous classification* Irritant (Yes/no)* Sensitizer (Yes/no)* Carcinogen (Yes/no)** Exposure limits (μg/m3)
1 2-butanone+ (methyl ethyl ketone) 1338-23-4 Flammable, Corrosive Yes No No REL: 1500
PEL: 5000
2 Acetone 67-64-1 Flammable Yes No No REL: 590000
PEL: 2400000
3 Acrolein 107-02-8 Flammable, Corrosive Acute Toxic, Environmental hazard Yes No Yes, Group 2 A: Probably carcinogenic to human REL: 250
PEL: 250
4 Acetaldehyde 75-07-0 Flammable, Health Hazard Yes Yes Yes, Group 2B: Possibly carcinogenic to human REL: NE
PEL: 360000
5 Formaldehyde 50-00-0 Corrosive, Acute Toxic, Health hazard Yes Yes Yes, Group 1: Carcinogenic to human REL: 2
PEL: 921
6 Isovaleraldehyde 590-86-3 Flammable, Environmental hazard Yes Yes No REL: NE
PEL: NE
7 o, m, p -Tolualdehyde o-529-20-4
m-620-23-5
p-104-87-0
Corrosive, Toxic Yes No No REL: NE
PEL: NE
8 Propionaldehyde (propanal) 123-38-6 Flammable Yes No No REL: NE
PEL: NE
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Other than 2-butanone, rest of VCCs were analyzed in accordance with EPA method TO-11A, but standard stock solutions were prepared by Restek and Supelco. To prepare the 2-butanone standards, two aliquots of 2-butanone neat material were weighed separately and derivatized in an Acetonitrile/2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) solution. A dilution of both standards was then analyzed and agreed within 1.5%.

*

According to Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for classification and labeling of chemicals;

**

International Agency for Research on Cancer, NE – Not established

All the analytes (exception: o, m, p - Tolualdehyde) are toxic on inhalation, intraperitoneal, oral, and skin exposure. Results of o, m, p – Tolualdehyde are presented as total Tolualdehyde for simplicity.

REL – recommended exposure limit; PEL – permissible exposure limit