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

Table 2

Analytical figure of merits of PAHs on the GC-EI-MS/MS.

Compounds	RT (min)	Calibration curves	R^2	LODs (ng m^−3)	LOQs (ng m^−3)
Naph	7.16	Y = (0.00069 ± 2.5E-6)X + (0.00343 ± 0.002)	1.0000	0.002	0.006
Br-Naph	10.12	Y = (0.00097 ± 4.56E-6)X—(0.00894 ± 0.004)	0.9994	0.001	0.004
Acy	9.91	Y = (0.00261 ± 1.38E-5)X—(0.01670 ± 0.012)	0.9998	0.080	0.241
Ace	10.21	Y = (0.00361 ± 1.95E-5)X—(0.01213 ± 0.017)	0.9998	0.072	0.216
Fln	11.04	Y = (0.00627 ± 2.31E-5)X—(0.03750 ± 0.020)	0.9998	0.276	0.829
Phe	12.74	Y = (0.00095 ± 6.64E-6)X—(0.00618 ± 0.006)	0.9999	0.004	0.012
Ant	12.82	Y = (0.00081 ± 7.14E-6)X—(0.00815 ± 0.006)	0.9998	0.010	0.030
Flu	15.3	Y = (0.00144 ± 1.07E-5)X—(0.01369 ± 0.009)	0.9998	0.008	0.024
Pyr	15.83	Y = (0.00159 ± 1.31E-5)X—(0.01590 ± 0.011)	0.9998	0.005	0.014
BaA	18.97	Y = (0.00519 ± 3.55E-5)X—(0.03670 ± 0.031)	0.9998	0.002	0.007
Chr	19.08	Y = (0.00525 ± 3.13E-5)X—(0.03239 ± 0.027)	0.9998	0.004	0.013
BbF	21.81	Y = (0.00932 ± 4.04E-5)X—(0.01775 ± 0.035)	0.9997	0.144	0.433
BaP	22.59	Y = (0.00742 ± 3.34E-5)X—(0.01894 ± 0.029)	0.9999	0.002	0.007
IcdP	25.37	Y = (0.00541 ± 3.15E-5)X—(0.06213 ± 0.027)	0.9995	0.041	0.123
DahA	25.46	Y = (0.00677 ± 4.14E-5)X—(0.06589 ± 0.036)	0.9995	0.202	0.605
BghiP	26.09	Y = (0.00562 ± 4.23E-5)X—(0.04773 ± 0.037)	0.9990	0.012	0.035