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 NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS: METHOD 2005, Issue 3, dated 15 January 1998 - Page 5 of 5

TABLE 2. METHOD SUMMARY Chemical

Range Studieda (mg/m3)

Nitrobenzene

rT

Bias Accuracy (±%)

Analytical Range

LOD

(µg/sample)

(µg/sample)

r

Desorption 30-Day Efficiency Storage (%) (% Rec)

1.98 to 9.60 0.0590 0.0186

12.3

2 to 598

0.6

0.012

98.7

100.2

o-Nitrotoluene 1.97 to 9.86 0.0142 -0.120

21.1

3 to 582

0.8

0.028

98.2

101.2

3 to 579

1.0

0.042

97.5

99.4

9 to 511

2.6

0.061

96.9

99.4

4-Chloro1.98 to 9.92 0.1034 0.0869 27.3 8 to 595 2.5 0.063 nitrobenzene a 30-L air sample b Not determined c Exceeds the NIOSH accuracy criterion of ± 25% at the 95% confidence level

100.3

97.6

m-Nitrotoluene not studied

b

nd

nd

nd

p-Nitrotoluene not studied

nd

nd

nd c

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