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Table IV.

Key Size Fraction Metrics Determined for Five Actuations of Flovent®-110 into the T-FSA: Comparison with Equivalent Data from the C-FSA and ACI

Location	Size range^a (μm)	Upper size limit (μm)	Size fraction	Cumulative mass % < stated upper size limit (mean ± SD)
Location	Size range^a (μm)	Upper size limit (μm)	Size fraction	T-FSA	C-FSA	ACI
Induction port	>9	Undefined	CPF_>4.7 μm	57.6 ± 3.5	60.1 ± 1.2	57.7 ± 2.2
Stage 2A^b; C-FSA 2^b; T-FSA	>4.7	Undefined	CPF_>4.7 μm	57.6 ± 3.5	60.1 ± 1.2	57.7 ± 2.2
Stage 5^b	1.0–4.7: C-FSA; 1.1 – 4.7: T-FSA, ACI	4.7	FPF_<4.7 μm	42.4 ± 3.5	39.9 ± 1.2	42.3 ± 2.2
Backup filter	<1.0: C-FSA; <1.1: T-FSA, ACI	1.0: C-FSA; 1.1: T-FSA, ACI	EPF_<1.0 μm; EFF_<1.1 μm	3.8 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.2

n=5

^aBased on manufacturer’s nominal calibration data at 28.3 L/min

^bBased on numbering in full-resolution ACI