Table 2. Volatile organic compounds measured by ion-molecule reaction-mass spectrometry, with indications on whether molecules were directly or indirectly calibrated, and which molecules were included in the regression models after comparison between environmental air and exhaled air samples.
Measured molecules (97) | Directly calibrated molecules (23) | Indirectly calibrated molecules* (8) | Molecules included in models (81) |
---|---|---|---|
CH4—Methane | x | x | |
C2H2—Acetylene | x | x | |
M27 | |||
M29 | x | ||
C2H6—Ethane | x | ||
CH2O—Formaldehyde | x | ||
CH4O—Methanol | x | ||
C2H3N—Acetonitrile | x | x | |
N2O—Nitrous Oxide | x | x | |
CH2O2—Formic Acid | x | ||
HNO2—Nitrous Acid | x | x | |
SO2—Sulfur Dioxide | x | ||
H2O—Water | x | ||
O2—Oxygen | x | ||
CO2—Carbon Dioxide | x | ||
NH3—Ammonia | x | x | |
M19 | x | ||
C2H4—Ethylene | x | x | |
NO–Nitric Oxide | x | ||
M31 | |||
M32 | |||
M33 | x | ||
H2S—Hydrogen Sulfide | x | ||
C3H6—Propene | x | x | |
M43 | x | ||
C2H4O—Acetaldehyde | x | x | |
M45 | x | ||
M48 | |||
M49 | |||
C4H6—Butadiene | x | x | |
C4H10O—Butanol | x | x | |
C4H8O—Methyl Ethyl Ketone | x | x | |
C3H6O—Acetone | x | x | |
C3H8O—n-Propanol | x | x | |
C2H4O2—Acetic Acid | x | x | |
M60 | x | ||
M61 | x | ||
M62 | x | ||
M63 | x | ||
M66 | x | ||
M67 | x | ||
C5H8—Isoprene | x | x | |
M69 | x | ||
M70 | x | ||
M71 | x | ||
C5H12—n-Pentane | x | x | |
M73 | x | ||
M74 | x | ||
M75 | x | ||
M76 | x | ||
M77 | x | ||
C6H6—Benzene | x | x | |
M79 | x | ||
M80 | |||
M81 | x | ||
M82 | x | ||
M83 | x | ||
M84 | x | ||
M85 | x | ||
C6H14—n-Hexane | x | x | |
M87 | x | ||
M88 | x | ||
M89 | x | ||
M90 | x | ||
M91 | x | ||
C7H8—Toluene | x | x | |
M93 | x | ||
M94 | x | ||
M95 | x | ||
M96 | x | ||
M97 | x | ||
M98 | x | ||
M99 | x | ||
C7H16—n-Heptane | x | x | |
M101 | x | ||
M102 | x | ||
M103 | x | ||
M104 | x | ||
M105 | x | ||
M106 | x | ||
M107 | x | ||
M108 | x | ||
M109 | x | ||
M110 | x | ||
M111 | x | ||
M112 | x | ||
M113 | x | ||
M114 | x | ||
M115 | x | ||
M116 | x | ||
M117 | x | ||
M118 | x | ||
M119 | x | ||
M120 | x | ||
M121 | x | ||
M122 | x | ||
M123 | x |
* Calibrated through Benzene