Table 2.
Run-in testing | |||||||
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Product | Targeted concentration | Obtained concentration | |||||
Mean | Median | SD | Max | Min | |||
Concentration validated by sampling | |||||||
N-butyl acetate | 150 mg/m3 | 148 | 150 | 5 | 150 | 140 | |
N-butyl acetate | 250 mg/m3 | 242 | 240 | 4 | 250 | 240 | |
N-butyl acetate | 320 mg/m3 | 322 | 320 | 8 | 330 | 310 | |
Formaldehyde | 0.65 mg/m3 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 0.56 | |
Formaldehyde | 1.0 mg/m3 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.08 | 1.2 | 0.98 | |
Formaldehyde | 1.7 mg/m3 | 1.69 | 1.65 | 0.08 | 1.82 | 1.64 | |
Isocyanates (1.6-HDI) | 0.05 mg/m3 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.03 | |
Isocyanates (1.6-HDI) | 0.10 mg/m3 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.08 | |
Concentration validated by direct measurement instrument | |||||||
Formaldehyde | 0.65 mg/m3 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.08 | 0.87 | 0.36 | |
Formaldehyde | 1.0 mg/m3 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 0.1 | 1.94 | 0.74 | |
Formaldehyde | 1.7 mg/m3 | 1.43 | 1.43 | 0.04 | 1.58 | 1.31 | |
Isocyanates (1.6-HDI) | 7.2 ppb | 6.4 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 5.0 | |
Isocyanates (1.6-HDI) | 14.6 ppb | 12.6 | 13.0 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 12.0 | |
Lactose | <10 mg/m3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 11.50 | 5.20 | |
Challenges | |||||||
Lactose | <5 mg/m3 | 18 | 3.25 | 3.05 | 0.87 | 5.45 | 1.75 |
Flour and malt | <5 mg/m3 | 38 | 4.36 | 4.5 | 1.14 | 7.0 | 2.0 |
Isocyanates | <20 ppb | 29 | 13.98 | 15.0 | 3.6 | 22.5 | 7.0 |
The mean of all samples for a given concentration is used as the calibration point. Measurement equipment was calibrated independently for lactose.