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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2012 Dec;(172):5–82.

Table 6.

Amounts of Hydrocarbons (ng) and Oxygenated Hydrocarbons (µg) in Lab Blanks and Field Blanks and LODs during Phase 2 Sampling

Lab Blanks Field Blanks LOD



Compound N Mean
(ng)
SD N Mean
(ng)
SD ng µg/m3
2-Methylpentane 12 0.12 0.10 40 0.12 0.13 0.39 0.05
2-Methylhexane 12 0.07 0.23 40 0.07 0.22 0.66 0.09
3-Methylpentane 12 0.06 0.06 40 0.09 0.17 0.51 0.07
2,3-Dimethylpentane 12 0.02 0.03 40 0.04 0.09 0.27 0.04
2,2,4-Trimethylpentane 12 1.36 0.51 40 2.20 0.95 2.85 0.40
Methylcyclohexane 12 0.40 0.28 40 0.90 1.47 4.41 0.61
1,3-Butadiene 12 0.20 0.13 40 0.26 0.31 0.93 0.13
Benzene 12 0.35 0.26 40 0.37 0.46 1.38 0.19
Toluene 12 0.34 0.20 40 0.33 1.40 4.20 0.58
m&p-Xylenes 12 0.17 0.15 40 0.09 0.08 0.24 0.03
o-Xylene 12 0.14 0.12 40 0.39 0.30 0.90 0.13
Ethylbenzene 12 0.08 0.09 40 0.04 0.07 0.21 0.03
Styrene 12 0.38 0.43 40 0.26 0.45 1.35 0.19
MTBE 12 0.12 0.17 40 0.10 0.14 0.42 0.06
Formaldehyde 25 0.05 0.02 46 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.00
Acetaldehyde 25 0.03 0.02 46 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.00
Acetone 25 0.30 0.16 46 0.05 0.20 0.6 0.08

Note: The LOD for hydrocarbon concentrations was calculated using a flow rate of 10 mL/min and a duration of 12 hours.