Table 2.

An assessment of PBDE coelution from seven gas chromatography columns as tested and reported by Korytár et al. [63]

Column	DB-1	DB-5	HT-5	DB-17	DB-XLB	HT-8	CP-Sil 19
Dimension (m × mm × μm)	30 × 0.25 × 0.25	30 × 0.25 × 0.25	30 × 0.25 × 0.10	30 × 0.25 × 0.25	30 × 0.25 × 0.25	25 × 0.22 × 0.25	17 × 0.15 × 0.30
Number of coeluting BDEs	62	63	66	67	56	62	72
Number of coelutions with flame retardants	24	26	27	30	22	26	29
Co-elution with major BDE congeners
Major BDE
28	16, 33	16, 33	16, 33, 38			16, 33, 38	16, 33
47
49	68, 80	68	68	62	42, 48, 68, 71	68	51, 75
85				155			114
99			116	127
100			109	101		109, 120
138			166		HBCD		166
153			HBCD	168
154	MTBBP-A, BB-153	MTBBP-A, BB 153		105		126	BB 153
183	BB 169	BB 169

MTBBP-A dimethylated tetrabromobisphenol-A, HBCD hexabromocyclododecane