Table 6.
PAH levels in 3R4F HCI MCS obtained by three GC/MS systems using 13C-labelled internal standards
| PAH compound | GC–HRMS | GC–MS/MS GC–MS | IS recoverya | Published data, (ng/cig) [38] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean, (ng/cig)b | RSD, (%) | Mean, (ng/cig)b | RSD, (%) | Mean, (ng/cig)b | RSD, (%) | Mean, (%) | RSD, (%) | ||
| Naphthalene | 1249 | 13 | 1197 | 10 | 1564 | 9 | 73 | 4 | NR |
| Benzo[c]phenanthrene | 4.4 | 40 | 7.6 | 45 | 8.5 | 14 | –c | – | NR |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 30.6 | 11 | 33.0 | 6 | 29.8 | 5 | 87 | 10 | 29.80 |
| Chrysene | 35.3 | 12 | 38.3 | 9 | 35.9 | 3 | 75 | 11 | NR |
| Cyclopenta-[c,d]pyrene | 9.7 | 17 | 19.1 | 16 | 17.5 | 4 | – | – | NR |
| 5-Methylchrysene | 0.4 | 10 | < 1.5 | NA | 0.4 | 7 | – | – | < 0.1 |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 12.1 | 14 | 13.1 | 7 | 12.6 | 2 | 92 | 12 | 13.20 |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 5.1 | 9 | 5.7 | 7 | 5.5 | 7 | 92 | 11 | 5.38 |
| Benzo[j]aceanthrylene | 0.7 | 28 | < 2.5 | NA | 0.5 | 39 | 82 | 1 | NR |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 15.2 | 11 | 13.9 | 7 | 16.2 | 9 | 85 | 6 | 16.20 |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 6.8 | 10 | 1.2 | 13 | 0.8 | 9 | 70 | 6 | 7.37 |
| Dibenzo[ah]anthracene | 0.9 | 9 | 7.1 | 10 | 7.0 | 2 | 66 | 5 | < 2.4 |
| Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene | 0.1 | 19 | < 7.5 | NA | < 25 | – | – | – | < 0.475 |
| Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene | 0.5 | 30 | 0.8 | 7 | 0.7 | 5 | 70 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene | 0.4 | 46 | 0.8 | 30 | < 75 | – | 75 | 6 | < 0.55 |
| Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene | 0.3 | 27 | 1.1 | 29 | < 75 | – | – | – | < 0.575 |
IS internal standard, NA not applicable, NR not reported, RSD relative standard deviation
aRecovery calculated from GC–HRMS data
bn = 6 replicates
c13C mass labelled internal standards were not available