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Appendix A: Laboratory Certificates for Particulate Matter and PCDD and PCDF Analyses

Appendix A: Laboratory Certificates for Particulate Matter and PCDD and PCDF Analyses

Table 3.9: Results from arc furnace (individual congeners sample 2 trap, rinses and filter)

Published: 30 March 2021

Published: 30 March 2021

Published: 30 March 2021

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	Concentration	I-TEQ		WHO-TEQ
	(ng/m³, 0°C 1 Atm dry)	(ng/m³ 0°C 1 Atm dry)	(ng)	(ng/m³, 0°C 1 Atm dry)	(ng)
2378 TCDF	0.0086	0.00086	0.0033	0.00086	0.0033
Total TCDF	0.29	0	0	0	0
2378 TCDD	*0.0026*	*0.0026*	*0.01*	*0.0026*	*0.01*
Total TCDD	0.029	0	0	0	0
12378 PeCDF	0.0091	0.00046	0.0018	0.00046	0.0018
23478 PeCDF	0.020	0.010	0.039	0.010	0.039
Total PeCDF	0.24	0	0	0	0
12378 PeCDD	0.0044	0.0022	0.0085	0.0044	0.017
Total PeCDD	0.052	0	0	0	0
123478 HxCDF	0.019	0.0019	0.0073	0.0019	0.0073
123678 HxCDF	0.019	0.0019	0.0073	0.0019	0.0073
234678 HxCDF	0.025	0.0025	0.0097	0.0025	0.0097
123789 HxCDF	*0.0026*	*0.00026*	*0.001*	*0.00026*	*0.001*
Total HxCDF	0.21	0	0	0	0
123478 HxCDD	0.0039	0.00039	0.0015	0.00039	0.0015
123678 HxCDD	0.0047	0.00047	0.0018	0.00047	0.0018
123789 HxCDD	*0.0052*	*0.00052*	*0.002*	*0.00052*	*0.002*
Total HxCDD	0.065	0	0	0	0
1234678 HpCDF	0.063	0.00063	0.0024	0.00063	0.0024
1234789 HpCDF	0.0055	0.000055	0.00021	0.000055	0.00021
Total HpCDF	0.081	0	0	0	0
1234678 HpCDD	0.021	0.00021	0.0008	0.00021	0.0008
Total HpCDD	0.044	0	0	0	0
OCDF	0.016	0.000016	0.000061	0.0000016	0.000006
OCDD	0.034	0.000034	0.00013	0.0000034	0.000013

NB. Where results are less than the detection limit they have been reported in bold.

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Table 3.9: Results from arc furnace (individual congeners sample 2 trap, rinses and filter)

March 2021

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