Table 6: Calibration data for PCDDs/PCDFs and DL-PCBs congeners.

Peak Name

Retention

Time (min)

Coefficient of Determination

(R2)

RF RSD

(%)

Mean RF

(Slope)

Range

(pg)

2,3,7,8 - TCDD

20.01

0.99914

2.33

2.19

0.025 - 50.00

2,3,7,8-ТCDF

19.40

0.99940

1.85

2.21

0.025 - 50.00

1,2,3,7,8-PCDD

25.34

0.99947

1.62

1.62

0.025 - 50.00

1,2,3,7,8-PCDF

23.70

0.99924

2.05

2.05

0.025 - 50.00

2,3,4,7,8-PCDF

24.90

0.99953

1.77

1.77

0.025 - 50.00

1,2,3,4,7,8-HXDF

29.54

0.99953

1.83

1.83

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,6,7,8-HXDF

29.74

0.99955

1.90

1.89

0.050 - 100.00

2,3,4,6,7,8-HXDF

30.60

0.99960

1.51

1.51

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,4,7,8-HXDD

30.88

0.99937

1.74

1.74

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,6,7,8-HXDD

31.00

0.99947

1.64

1.64

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,7,8,9-HXDD

31.46

0.99951

1.99

1.99

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,7,8,9-HXDF

31.90

0.99940

1.81

1.81

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HPDF

34.10

0.99927

1.75

1.76

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HPDD

35.58

0.99958

2.01

2.01

0.050 - 100.00

1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HPDF

36.20

0.99946

1.90

1.90

0.050 - 100.00

OCDD

39.19

0.99942

1.39

1.40

0.10 - 200.00

OCDF

39.38

0.99903

1.58

1.58

0.10 - 200.00

PCB 77

22.52

0.99962

0.90

2.73

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 81

21.86

0.99941

1.00

2.85

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 123

23.89

0.99951

2.85

2.93

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 118

24.14

0.99942

0.79

3.02

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 114

24.81

0.99922

3.01

2.93

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 105

25.85

0.99920

2.93

2.96

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 126

28.24

0.99929

0.86

2.88

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 167

29.69

0.99937

0.69

2.87

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 156

31.53

0.99926

0.73

3.00

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 157

31.95

0.99947

0.69

2.93

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 169

35.33

0.99932

0.82

2.96

0.20 - 50.00

PCB 189

39.60

0.99938

0.75

2.85

0.20 - 50.00