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. 2014 Feb 25;2014:308405. doi: 10.1155/2014/308405

(a) Calibration of gas-phase CC standard by HPLC/DNPH cartridge method

Order FA AA PA BA IA VA
Concentration of CC standard (ppb) for 5-point analysis
1 96.1 65.1 13.1 12.2 12.8 9.90
2 194 132 26.6 24.6 25.9 20.0
3 387 264 53.0 49.2 51.9 40.0
4 773 527 106 98.0 104 80.0
5 1,559 1,058 213 198 208 160

Calculated mass (ng) of CC injected into HPLCa assuming no losses in derivatization and extraction
1 3.79 3.79 1.01 1.16 1.46 1.12
2 7.58 7.58 2.02 2.31 2.91 2.24
3 15.2 15.2 4.03 4.63 5.83 4.49
4 30.3 30.3 8.06 9.26 11.7 8.98
5 60.6 60.6 16.1 18.5 23.3 18.0

Peak area
1 1,430,395 882,104 114,854 164,484 74,796 80,079
2 2,754,983 1,733,480 222,048 297,748 146,260 177,013
3 5,650,140 3,472,465 577,168 640,128 375,504 449,499
4 11,240,906 6,552,152 1,007,331 1,059,943 728,865 894,010
5 22,526,453 12,305,560 1,718,513 1,742,954 1,454,395 1,660,223

aFor each calibration point, 8 L of gaseous CC standard is sampled by the cartridge and these CCs are extracted by 5 mL acetonitrile. As 20 μL of extract is injected into HPLC, the actual mass (ng) of CC loaded onto HPLC is computed as the total quantity of each CC contained in 20 μL extract.