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. 2011 Dec 20;11(12):11901–11920. doi: 10.3390/s111211901

Table 2.

Operating conditions of the GC-MS system.

Condition Runoff water, rain water
Compounds PAH, PCB
Injector Split/splitless
Injector volume 2 μL
Carrier gas Helium—70 kPa
Detector Agilent 5975C inert MSD with electron ionization operating in SIM (selected ion monitoring) mode
Integration system MSD ChemStation
Column Zebron capillary GC column
(30 m × 0.25 μm × 0.25 μm; max. temp. 320/340 °C)
Temperature programme 40 °C do 120 °C (at 40 °C/min)
120 °C do 280 °C (at 5 °C /min)
280 °C for 17 min and 5 min (PCBs)