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Table 3 Gas mixture analysis for linearity check

From: Evaluation of an online, real-time, soft-photon ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometer for mainstream tobacco smoke analysis

Analyte (m/z)

Gas bottle concentration (ppm)

Calculated response (μg/puff)

Measured response, mean ± SD (μg/puff)

Acetaldehyde (44)

199.5

12.7

8.1 ± 2.1

499.5

31.8

20.4 ± 3.7

747

47.5

0.2 ± 0.3a

998

63.5

41.4 ± 4.6

1500

95.4

61.0 ± 5.4

2000

127.2

81.6 ± 7.0

Acetone (58)

50.83

4.3

3.6 ± 0.4

99.76

8.5

7.1 ± 0.7

199.2

16.9

14.2 ± 0.9

297.4

25.3

21.4 ± 1.2

399.3

33.9

28.5 ± 1.3

499.9

42.5

35.6 ± 1.9

1,3-Butadiene (54)

9.7

0.8

0.8 ± 0.2

19.5

1.5

1.8 ± 0.2

38

3.0

3.1 ± 0.5

60.4

4.7

5.3 ± 0.4

76.6

6.0

6.2 ± 0.6

96.3

7.5

8.6 ± 0.6

2-Butanone (72)

21.17

2.2

2.0 ± 0.3

29.68

3.1

2.9 ± 0.4

39.85

4.1

3.8 ± 0.4

61.33

6.4

5.9 ± 0.5

80.01

8.3

7.6 ± 0.5

99.24

10.3

9.5 ± 0.6

Benzene (78)

10

1.1

1.1 ± 0.2

20.07

2.3

2.2 ± 0.2

40.15

4.5

4.3 ± 0.3

59.83

6.8

6.6 ± 0.4

71.06

8.0

7.6 ± 0.4

78.31

8.8

8.5 ± 0.5

Isoprene (68)

98.6

9.7

10.9 ± 0.6

199.3

19.5

22.4 ± 1.0

299.6

29.4

33.6 ± 1.1

400.4

39.2

44.8 ± 2.6

501

49.1

56.3 ± 1.7

594.6

58.3

66.7 ± 2.2

Toluene (92)

15.21

2.0

2.0 ± 0.2

29.88

4.0

4.0 ± 0.3

39.87

5.3

5.4 ± 0.4

60.32

8.0

8.0 ± 0.4

80.46

10.7

10.7 ± 0.5

99.5

13.2

13.2 ± 0.6

  1. aDue to an error by the supplier, acetaldehyde had been omitted from the corresponding gas bottle and this data point was therefore excluded from the analysis