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Table 5 R and r values for the gas bag measurements

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

Analyte

Gas bottle conc., ppm

Measured mean ± SD yield, µg/puff

R

r

CV(R), %

CV(r), %

Acetaldehyde

199.5

8.1 ± 2.1

8.0

6.0

35.1

26.6

499.5

20.4 ± 3.7

10.2

10.5

17.6

18.4

998

41.4 ± 4.6

20.3

13.0

17.5

11.2

1500

61.0 ± 5.4

53.4

14.2

31.2

8.3

2000

81.6 ± 7.0

73.3

18.3

32.1

8.0

Acetone

50.83

3.6 ± 0.4

2.5

1.2

24.6

12.2

99.76

7.1 ± 0.7

4.4

1.8

22.3

9.1

199.2

14.2 ± 0.9

6.4

2.4

16.1

6.0

297.4

21.4 ± 1.2

4.5

3.3

7.4

5.4

399.3

28.5 ± 1.3

9.5

3.8

12.0

4.7

499.9

35.6 ± 1.9

19.8

5.1

19.9

5.1

1,3-Butadiene

9.7

0.8 ± 0.2

1.1

0.5

49.4

22.9

19.5

1.8 ± 0.2

1.6

0.6

31.8

12.2

38

3.1 ± 0.5

3.6

1.4

41.1

16.1

60.4

5.3 ± 0.4

1.9

1.2

12.6

8.0

76.6

6.2 ± 0.6

7.0

1.6

40.7

9.1

96.3

8.6 ± 0.6

6.3

1.6

26.2

6.6

2-Butanone

21.17

2.0 ± 0.3

0.9

0.8

16.0

15.3

29.68

2.9 ± 0.4

1.4

1.0

16.9

12.2

39.85

3.8 ± 0.4

2.0

1.1

18.4

10.2

61.33

5.9 ± 0.5

2.1

1.5

12.3

8.8

80.01

7.6 ± 0.5

3.0

1.5

14.3

7.2

99.24

9.5 ± 0.6

4.0

1.6

15.0

6.0

Benzene

10

1.1 ± 0.2

0.9

0.5

30.4

15.4

20.07

2.2 ± 0.2

1.5

0.7

23.4

10.5

40.15

4.3 ± 0.3

2.2

0.9

18.4

7.8

59.83

6.6 ± 0.4

2.1

1.0

11.3

5.5

71.06

7.6 ± 0.4

2.3

1.2

10.9

5.4

78.31

8.5 ± 0.5

4.3

1.3

18.0

5.4

Isoprene

98.6

10.9 ± 0.6

2.3

1.8

7.4

5.8

199.3

22.4 ± 1.0

7.2

2.6

11.5

4.1

299.6

33.6 ± 1.1

8.0

3.1

8.5

3.3

400.4

44.8 ± 2.6

11.9

7.4

9.5

5.9

501

56.3 ± 1.7

12.7

4.8

8.1

3.0

594.6

66.7 ± 2.2

25.1

5.6

13.4

3.0

Toluene

15.21

2.0 ± 0.2

0.8

0.7

14.8

12.1

29.88

4.0 ± 0.3

2.4

0.9

21.6

8.1

39.87

5.4 ± 0.4

1.8

1.0

11.7

6.8

60.32

8.0 ± 0.4

1.8

1.2

7.9

5.5

80.46

10.7 ± 0.5

2.0

1.5

6.7

5.1

99.5

13.2 ± 0.6

5.9

1.6

16.0

4.4