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. 2010 Jun 9;11(1):72. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-11-72

Table 2.

Targeted and achieved concentrations of generated products during run-in testing

Run-in testing
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.