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Table B30. Concentrations (ng/g[ppb]) of PAH analytes found in NIST mussel tissue V (QA93TIS5)

PAH
Analyte
Wet Weight Basis
Dry Weight Basis
Measured
Consensusa
Measured
Consensus
n Mean Std. Dev. Value Std. Dev. z-Scoreb n Mean Std. Dev. Value Std. Dev. z-Scoreb
Naphthalene 3 1.38 0.941 1.62 0.927 -0.3 6 7.99 6.66 14.9 8.5 -0.8
2-methylnaphthalene 6 1.14 0.401 0.791 0.335 1 7 8.92 3.84 7.26 3.07 0.5
1-methylnaphthalene 4 1.13 0.618 0.481 0.202 3.2 4 9.74 5.34 4.41 1.85 2.9
Biphenyl 6 1.36 0.599 0.445 0.147 6.2 6 11.7 5.21 4.08 1.35 5.6
2,6-dimethylnaphthalene 2 1.23 0.288 0.63 0.461 1.3 2 10.6 2.52 5.78 4.23 1.1
Acenaphthylene 4 1.41 0.746 0.532 0.215 4.1 4 12.1 6.44 4.88 1.97 3.7
Acenaphthene 3 1.45 0.426 0.342 0.118 9.4 4 11.1 4.08 3.14 1.08 7.4
2,3,5-trimethylnaphthalene - nfc - 0.549 0.274 - - nfc - 5.04 2.51 -
Fluorene - nfc - 0.462 0.085 - - nfc - 4.24 0.78 -
Phenanthrene 8 2.44 1.15 1.95 0.556 0.9 8 20.9 9.97 17.9 5.1 0.6
Anthracene 3 1.51 0.555 0.79 0.3 2.4 3 13 4.68 7.25 2.75 2.1
1-methylphenanthrene 4 2.01 0.261 1.16 0.327 2.6 4 17.3 2.21 10.6 3 2.2
Fluoranthene 8 13 1.44 20.4 6 -1.2 8 112 12.8 187 55 -1.4
Pyrene 8 12.5 1.71 19.4 4.69 -1.5 8 107 15.1 178 43 -1.7
Benz[a]anthracene 8 6.97 0.828 4.08 1 2.9 8 59.6 6.7 37.4 9.2 2.4
Chrysene 8 9.93 1.33 9.7 2.39 0.1 8 84.9 11 89 21.9 -0.2
Benzo[e]pyrene 8 8.27 2.15 9.95 2.29 -0.7 8 70.7 18.2 91.3 21 -1
Benzo[a]pyrene 6 2.94 1.54 1.91 0.414 2.5 6 25.3 13.3 17.5 3.8 2
Perylene - nfc - 0.789 0.239 - - nfc - 7.24 2.19 -
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene 3 2.68 2.65 1.75 0.501 1.8 3 23 22.8 16.1 4.6 1.5
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene - nfc - 0.286 0.119 - - nfc - 2.62 1.09 -
Benzo[ghi]perylene 4 2.71 2.27 3 0.73 -0.4 4 23.3 19.6 27.5 6.7 -0.6
Benzo[b]fluoranthene 8 6.92 1.47 - - - 8 59.2 12.5 - - -
Benzo[k]fluoranthene 8 3.93 1.09 - - - 8 33.6 9.47 - - -
Benzo[b]+[k]fluoranthenes - 10.8 - 9.74 1.81 0.6   92.9 - 89.4 16.6 0.2

aConsensus values from 1993 NIST/NOAA/NS&T/EPA EMAP intercomparison exercise (NIST 1993).
bz-score = (measured mean - consensus value) / consensus standard deviation.
cnf = peaks not found.

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