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. 2014 Jul 11;44(16):1795–1864. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2013.790748

TABLE 2.

Emission factors for carbonyls in the gas and particle phases of diesel and gasoline exhaust (Jakober et al., 2008)

Light-duty gasoline emission factor (µg/L)
Heavy-duty diesel emission factor (µg/L)
Compound Gas phase Particle phase Gas phase Particle phase
Aliphatics
Propanal 70 87 160 210
Butanal 1900 27 8800 500
Isobutanal 1.7 21
Pentanal 770 7.6 2100 170
Hexanal 420 3.6 7000 540
Heptanal 18 13 690 160
Octanol 35 1.2 590 35
Nonanal 390 8.1 140 260
Decanal 110 2.3 860 140
Undecanal 18 380 Det
Dodecanal 56 410 59
Tridecanal 17 380
Tetradecanal 1600
Aliphatic ketones
2-Butanone 54 6 98
3-Pentanone 0.2 34 6.3
2-Pentanone 28 11
2-Hexanone 350 110
2-Heptanone 220 5.3 140
2-Octanone 3.9 180
2-Nonanone 2.4 740
Unsaturated aliphatics
Acrolein 4.3 0.4 22 140
Methacrolein 38
Methyl vinyl ketone 2.1 210 310
Crotonaldehyde 2.5 1.5 29 41
t-2-methyl-2-butenal 0.5
3-methyl-2-butenal 7.5 0.5 83 37
t-2-hexanal 3.6
4-hexen-3-one 1.2 0.3 14 5.7
5-hexen-2-one 4.9
Cyclic aliphatics
2-methyl-2-cyclopentenone 0.7 0.1 27
3-methyl-2-cyclopentenone 1.6 89 16
2-cyclohexenone 2 Det 41 34
Aliphatic dicarbonyls
Glyoxal 21 7.9 140 170
Methyl glyoxal 550 46 4200 1400
2,3-Butanedione 0.4
2,3(& 2,4)-Pentanedione Det 3 2.1
2,3-Hexanedione 55 32 3200 1200
2,5-Hexanedione 23 4.1 290 110
Aromatic aldehydes
Benzaldehyde 9.7 9.5 660 130
o(& m)-tolualdehyde 11 4.3 210 1.9
p-tolualdehyde 26 4 180 2.8
t-Cinnamaldehyde 36
3,4,-Methyl-benzaldehyde 19 100
2-Ethyl-benzaldehyde 130
4-Ethyl-benzaldehyde 14 500
1-Naphthaldehyde 9.3 230
2-Naphthaldehyde 10 380
4-Biphenylcarboxaldehyde 100
Aromatic ketones
Acetaphenone 4 1.2 230 1.8
1-Indanone 5.7 75
9-Fluorenone 2.9 0.3 190 24
Benzophenone 1.7 0.7 88 20
Perinaphthenone 38 43
Xanthone 5
Aromatic dicarbonyls
1,2-Acetylbenzene 11 49
1,3-Acetylbenzene 7.9 130
1,4-Acetylbenzene 2 28
1,8-Naphthalic anhydride 130

Bold type highlights those substances that are potentially useful biomarkers of diesel exhaust exposure.