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Table 6 Coefficient of variation for inter- and intra-day analysis

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

Analyte

Gas standard range

Intra-day CV, %

Inter-day CV, %

Mean

Range

Mean, %

Range, %

Acetaldehyde

199.5–2000

14.3

8.4–25.2

14.5

8.6–26.1

Acetone

50.8–499.9

7.6

3.7–14.5

7.2

4.7–12.1

1,3-Butadiene

9.7–96.3

12.8

6.9–26.9

13.0

7.0–23.6

2-Butanone

21.2–99.2

9.9

7.0–14.8

9.9

6.2–14.9

Benzene

10–78.31

9.1

5.2–18.1

8.6

5.4–15.8

Isoprene

98.6–594.6

3.7

2.5–6.5

4.2

3.1–5.7

Toluene

15.2–99.5

7.0

4.4–12.8

7.0

4.8–12.0

  1. Intra-day CV was calculated from data obtained on day 1; inter-day CV was calculated from data obtained on days 1–3