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Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Mar 17;23(12):12392–12399. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6453-3

Table 1.

Model compounds used in transport stability analysis

		CAS number	Molecular weight (g mol⁻¹)^a	log K_OW^a	log K_OA^a	IDL (ng/ml)^c
Pesticide	alachlor	15972-60-8	269.77	3.52	10.0^b	0.5
	alpha-BHC	319-84-6	290.83	3.72	8.84	2.0
	chlorpyrifos	2921-88-2	350.59	4.66	8.88	0.5
	endrin ketone	53494-70-5	380.91	4.99^b	11.1^b	1.0

PAH	anthracene	1719-06-8	178.23	4.45	7.55	1.7
	benzo[ghi]perylene	191-24-2	276.33	6.70^b	12.0	1.7
	chrysene	218-01-9	228.29	5.81	9.48^b	1.7
	fluoranthene	206-44-0	202.25	5.16	8.88	1.7

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2015)

estimated value

Instrument detection limits (IDL) for extracts of LDPE are determined as 3 times the standard deviation of 7 runs of the lowest standard, expressed as concentration.