Determination of Selected Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Particulate Matter Samples with Low Mass Loading: An Approach to Test Method Accuracy

Table 4

PAH measurements (ng) in PM mass loadings of about 0.2 mg collected in quartz filters.

Sample	1-MeNa	2-MeNa	Phe	An	Fl	Pyr	BaA	Cry	BbF	BkF	BaP	DBA	BghiP	PAH
Blank 1	<1	<1	<1	<0.03	<0.1	<0.1	<0.3	<0.05	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Blank 2	<1	<1	<1	0.82	<0.1	<0.1	<0.3	<0.05	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
F1	<1	3.5	5.0	0.98	11	18	1.9	4.5	2.0	0.63	0.35	<0.1	1.0	49
F2	<1	<1	<1	4.5	0.73	18	30	1.6	7.0	5.8	1.8	0.70	0.20	70
F3	40	<1	4.8	0.38	6.7	12	3.7	3.1	2.5	0.95	0.38	<0.1	1.5	76
F4	46	<1	3.8	0.16	4.6	8.1	2.4	6.1	1.6	0.51	0.27	<0.1	0.50	74
F5	5.8	<1	9.8	0.38	2.5	4.0	0.38	0.30	0.54	0.17	0.22	<0.1	0.85	25