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

Table 3.

Metrological characteristics of the analytical procedure used during this study.

Analyte PAH Abbreviation Measuring range (ng/L) LOD (ng/L) LOQ (ng/L)

0.02–560 0.025 0.075

1 Naphthalene NAP 0.034–560 0.034 1,02
2 Acenaphthylene ACY 0.0041–560 0.0041 0.0123
3 Acenaphthene ACE 0.0041–560 0.0041 0.0123
4 Fluorene FLU 0.0018–560 0.0018 0.0054
5 Phenanthrene PHE 0.0025–560 0.0025 0.0075
6 Anthracene ANT 0.0078–560 0.0078 0.0234
7 Fluoranthene FLTH 0.014–560 0.014 0.042
8 Pyrene PYR 0.028–560 0.028 0.084
9 Chrysene CHR 0.0022–560 0.0022 0.0066
10 Benzo(b)fluoranthene BbF 0.014–560 0.014 0.042
11 Benzo(k)fluoranthene BkF 0.0023–560 0.0023 0.0069
12 Benzo(a)pyrene BaP 0.0055–560 0.0055 0.0165
13 Benzo(a)anthracene BaA 0.0017–560 0.0017 0.0051
14 Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene IP 0.43–560 0.43 1.29
15 Dibenz(a,h)anthracene DahA 0.014–560 0.014 0.042
16 Benzo(ghi)perylene B(ghi)PER 0.014–560 0.022 0.066