Table 1.
Information on the PAHs measured in this study
| PAHs | Abbreviation | Number of benzene rings | Vapor pressure* (Pa at 25 °C) | Target ion mass (m/z) | Retention time (min) | IARC classify | Mutagenicity** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naphthalene | Nap | 2 | 10.4 | 128 | 9.6 | 2B | – |
| Acenaphthylene | Acy | 3 | 8.9 × 10–1 | 152 | 12.6 | – | (?) |
| Acenaphthene | Ace | 3 | 2.9 × 10–1 | 153 | 12.8 | – | (?) |
| Fluorene | Flu | 3 | 9.0 × 10–2 | 166 | 13.9 | 3 | – |
| Phenanthrene | Phe | 3 | 1.6 × 10–2 | 178 | 16.5 | 3 | (?) |
| Anthracene | Ant | 3 | 8.0 × 10–4 | 178 | 16.6 | 3 | – |
| Fluoranthene | FLN | 4 | 1.2 × 10–3 | 202 | 20.0 | 3 | + |
| Pyrene | Pyr | 4 | 6.0 × 10–4 | 202 | 20.8 | 3 | (?) |
| Benzo [a]anthracene | BaA | 4 | 2.8 × 10–5 | 228 | 24.5 | 2A | + |
| Chrysene | Chy | 4 | 8.4 × 10–5(at 20 °C) | 228 | 24.8 | 3 | + |
| Benzo [b]fluoranthene | BbF | 5 | 6.7 × 10–5 | 252 | 27.8 | 2B | + |
| Benzo [k]fluoranthene | BkF | 5 | 1.3 × 10–8(at 20 °C) | 252 | 27.9 | 2B | + |
| Benzo [a]pyrene | BaP | 5 | 7.3 × 10–7 | 252 | 29.0 | 2A | + |
| Dibenzo [a,h]anthracene | dBahA | 5 | 1.3 × 10–8 | 278 | 33.3 | 2A | + |
| Indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene | IndP | 6 | 1.3 × 10–8 | 276 | 33.3 | 2B | + |
| Benzo [ghi]perylene | BghiP | 6 | 1.4 × 10–8 | 276 | 35.0 | 3 | + |
*: International programme on chemical safety environmental health criteria 202 selected non-heterocyclic policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Table 4 [37]
**: International programme on chemical safety environmental health criteria 202 selected non-heterocyclic policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Table 2 [37]
+: Positive, −: Negative, (?): Questionable