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. 2013 Jun 20;13(6):7939–7978. doi: 10.3390/s130607939

Table 2S.

Preparation of liquid phase VOC standard for the analysis by the TD-GC-MS system.

A. Preparation of liquid phase standard for 19 VOCs

Compounds Methanol AA PA BA IA VA B T S p-X m-X o-X MEK MIBK i-BuAl BuAc PPA BTA IVA VLA
Primary grade chemical Concentration (%) 99.0 97.0 99.0 97.0 97.0 99.5 99.5 99.0 99.0 99.0 97.0 99.0 99.5 99.0 99.5 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0

PSa Volume (μL) 13,700 900 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Concentration (ng·μL−1) 34,972 11,611 11,954 11,596 11,786 13,104 12,925 13,454 12,845 12,845 12,804 11,954 11,970 11,895 13,149 14,702 14,226 13,736 13,929

1st L-WSb volume (μL) 19,800 200 (of PS)

Concentration ( ng·μL−1) 350 116 120 116 118 131 129 135 128 128 128 120 120 119 131 147 142 137 139
B. Preparation of final working standard (F-WS) for 5 point calibration: absolute mass (ng) of VOC loaded on tube sampler

Order Mixing volume (μL) Concentration c (ng μL−1)

1st L-WS Methanol AA PA BA IA VA B T S p-X m-X o-X MEK MIBK i-BuAl BuAc PPA BTA IVA VLA
1 14 1,486 3.26 1.08 1.12 1.08 1.10 1.22 1.21 1.26 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.12 1.12 1.11 1.23 1.37 1.33 1.28 1.30
2 70 1,430 16.3 5.42 5.58 5.41 5.50 6.12 6.03 6.28 5.99 5.99 5.98 5.58 5.59 5.55 6.14 6.86 6.64 6.41 6.50
3 140 1,360 32.6 10.8 11.2 10.8 11.0 12.2 12.1 12.6 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.2 11.2 11.1 12.3 13.7 13.3 12.8 13.0
4 280 1,220 65.3 21.7 22.3 21.6 22.0 24.5 24.1 25.1 24.0 24.0 23.9 22.3 22.3 22.2 24.5 27.4 26.6 25.6 26.0
5 700 800 163 54.2 55.8 54.1 55.0 61.2 60.3 62.8 59.9 59.9 59.8 55.8 55.9 55.5 61.4 68.6 66.4 64.1 65.0
a

PS: Dilution of pure chemical (primary grade chemical) to make 20 mL solution

b

1st L-WS: Dilution of PS to make 20 mL solution

c

Analysis volume: 1 μL