Table 1.
Exhaust samplesa |
Gasoline |
G |
G30 |
WG |
BG |
Diesel |
Diesel |
D30 |
HD |
Chemical measurements (by class)b |
Total particle and SVOC mass |
Inorganic ions |
Carbon (organic, elemental, thermal fractions) |
Transition metals |
Other metals |
Metalloids |
Nonmetal elements |
Bicyclic or two-ring PAH organic compounds |
Tricyclic or three-ring PAH organic compounds |
Tetracyclic or four-ring PAH organic compounds |
Five-ring PAH organic compounds |
Six-ring PAH organic compounds |
Seven-ring PAH organic compounds |
Oxygenated PAH organic compounds (including quinones) |
Sulfur-containing PAHs |
Nitro-PAH organic compounds |
Hopane/sterane organic compounds (unique to oil) |
Toxicity measurementsc |
Lung toxicity |
Inflammation potency estimates |
Lavage macrophages |
Lavage neutrophils |
Total lavage leukocytes |
Histopathologic inflammation |
Macrophage inflammatory protein-2 |
Cytotoxicity potency estimates |
Lactate dehydrogenase |
Lavage protein |
Histopathologic tissue injury |
Parenchymal change potency estimates |
Histopathologic structural remodeling |
General toxicity potency estimates |
Total histopathology |
Lung weight as percentage of body weight |
Bacterial mutagenicity |
Mutagenicity potency estimates |
TA98 − S9 |
TA98 + S9 |
TA100 − S9 |
TA100 + S9 |
Described by Whitney (2000).
Described by Zielinska et al. (2004).
Described by Seagrave et al. (2002).