Table 7.
PAH levels in 3R4F MCS quantified by GC–HRMS using D- or 13C internal standards
| PAH compound | ISO smoking regime | HCI smoking regime | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-labelled IS | 13C-labelled IS | IS recoveryc | D-labelled IS | 13C-labelled IS | IS recoveryc | |||||||
| Mean, (ng/cig)a | RSD, (%) | Mean, (ng/cig)b | RSD, (%) | Mean, (%)b | RSD, (%) | Mean, (ng/cig)c | RSD, (%) | Mean, (ng/cig)b | RSD, (%) | Mean, (%)b | RSD, (%) | |
| Naphthalene | 369.8 | 3 | 372.2 | 4 | 73.0 | 7 | 1326 | 7 | 1381 | 3 | 72.8 | 4 |
| Benzo[c]phenanthrene | 1.6 | 16 | 3.1 | 9 | NC | NC | 3.9 | 17 | 8.2 | 4 | NC | NC |
| Benzo[a]anthracene | 12.4 | 5 | 12.5 | 2 | 81.0 | 3 | 28.0 | 3 | 29.3 | 2 | 86.8 | 10 |
| Chrysene | 14.1 | 8 | 14.6 | 13 | 59.0 | 4 | 31.0 | 8 | 37.0 | 4 | 74.6 | 11 |
| Cyclopenta-[c,d]pyrene | 4.0 | 12 | 4.3 | 19 | NC | NC | 7.6 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | NC | NC |
| 5-Methylchrysene | 0.2 | 9 | 0.2 | 11 | NC | NC | 0.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 8 | NC | NC |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 4.4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 79.3 | 4 | 10.4 | 13 | 13.9 | 2 | 92.4 | 12 |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2.0 | 12 | 2.1 | 4 | 82.7 | 3 | 4.7 | 9 | 5.4 | 2 | 91.5 | 11 |
| Benzo[j]aceanthrylene | 0.3 | 15 | 0.4 | 17 | 66.3 | 8 | 0.6 | 12 | 0.8 | 7 | 81.7 | 5 |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 6.0 | 11 | 6.4 | 2 | 75.0 | 3 | 13.6 | 14 | 15.9 | 3 | 84.6 | 6 |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 2.8 | 7 | 3.0 | 7 | 77.7 | 5 | 6.3 | 8 | 7.3 | 3 | 69.5 | 6 |
| Dibenzo[ah]anthracene | 0.4 | 6 | 0.4 | 7 | 80.0 | 4 | 0.8 | 11 | 0.9 | 5 | 65.5 | 5 |
| Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene | 0.02 | 6 | 0.03 | 45 | NC | NC | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 16 | NC | NC |
| Dibenzo[a,e]pyrene | 0.2 | 16 | 0.2 | 40 | 81.7 | 10 | 0.4 | 22 | 0.7 | 2 | 70.0 | 6 |
| Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene | 0.1 | 15 | 0.2 | 77 | 86.0 | 13 | –c | –c | 0.5 | 6 | 75.0 | 6 |
| Dienzo[a,h]pyrene | 0.1 | 14 | 0.2 | 67 | NC | NC | –c | –c | 0.4 | 9 | NC | NC |
Data are not blank-subtracted, a n = 5 replicates, b n = 3 replicates. c Only 13C standards were used
IS internal standard, NC not calculated—no internal standard for the indicated PAH), NR not reported