Effectiveness of Charcoal Adsorbent in Flue Gas Filters for PCB Reduction in Smoke from Hospital Incinerators

Table 4

GC-MS calibration parameters of the PCB standard at 6-point concentrations over the 5–500 μg/L range.

PCB congener	Molecular weight (g/mol)	Determination coefficient (R^2)	Mean recoveries (%)
PCB 18	257.5	1.0000	96.16
PCB 28	257.54	0.9998	100.28
PCB 31	257.54	0.9998	100.3
PCB 44	291.99	0.9999	98.54
PCB 52	291.99	1.0000	95.64
PCB 101	326.43	1.0000	83.12
PCB 118	326.43	1.0000	100.75
PCB 138	360.88	0.9998	100.81
PCB 149	360.88	0.9998	100.81
PCB 153	360.88	1.0000	103.19
PCB 170	395.32	1.0000	93.94
PCB 180	395.32	1.0000	93.66
PCB 194	429.77	1.0000	101.11
PCB 209	498.66	0.9982	101.58