Research Article
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 (R2) | 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 |
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