Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in Airborne Particulate Matter Samples by Gas Chromatography in Combination with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS/MS)

Table 3

Proficiency testing sample based recovery and stability of analytical signal in GC-EI-MS/MS analysis of PAHs.

No.	Compounds	Reported conc. (ng g^−1)	Exp. conc. (ng g^−1) (n = 5)	RE ± RSD (%) (n = 5)	Stability of analytical signal, RSD (%)
					Short-term	Long-term
1	Naph	467 ± 230.9	466 ± 185	99.7 ± 4.0	0.3	0.4
2	Acy	390.4 ± 127.0	386.2 ± 41.4	98.9 ± 10.7	1.1	1.4
3	Ace	185.1 ± 34.1	171.6 ± 17.9	92.7 ± 10.4	1.4	1.8
4	Fln	201.2 ± 49.6	160.2 ± 1.8	79.6 ± 3.6	1.3	1.6
5	Phe	2688 ± 395	2546.2 ± 33.3	94.7 ± 1.3	0.3	0.9
6	Ant	663.1 ± 173.9	693.6 ± 23.9	104.5 ± 3.5	0.6	0.7
7	Flu	6753 ± 972	6776.7 ± 555	100.4 ± 6.3	1.0	1.1
8	Pyr	5387 ± 568	5877.1 ± 529	109.1 ± 9.0	0.2	0.9
9	BaA	3607 ± 697	3656.4 ± 197	101.4 ± 5.0	0.8	1.2
10	Chr	3822 ± 413	3673.4 ± 49.8	79.3 ± 1.4	1.1	1.5
11	BbF	4246 ± 887	3367.3 ± 279	92.8 ± 8.3	1.5	2.2
12	BaP	3345 ± 603	2815.4 ± 164	84.2 ± 5.8	0.4	1.5
13	IcdP	2703 ± 531	2968.4 ± 426	109.8 ± 4.3	2.3	3.4
14	DahA	647.2 ± 219	645.3 ± 72.9	99.7 ± 9.3	2.6	3.7
15	BghiP	2703 ± 488	2242.1 ± 41.4	82.9 ± 1.9	2.4	3.33