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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 5.8: Results from induction furnace (individual congeners sample 2 filter, rinses and trap)

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	*0.002*	*0.0002*	*0.0003*	*0.0002*	*0.0003*
Total TCDF	0.044	0	0	0	0
2378 TCDD	*0.002*	*0.0018*	*0.003*	*0.0018*	*0.003*
Total TCDD	0.005	0	0	0	0
12378 PeCDF	*0.002*	*0.0001*	*0.00015*	*0.0001*	*0.00015*
23478 PeCDF	*0.002*	*0.0012*	*0.002*	*0.0012*	*0.002*
Total PeCDF	0.015	0	0	0	0
12378 PeCDD	*0.001*	*0.0006*	*0.001*	*0.0012*	*0.002*
Total PeCDD	0.005	0	0	0	0
123478 HxCDF	*0.003*	*0.0003*	*0.0005*	*0.0003*	*0.0005*
123678 HxCDF	*0.002*	*0.0002*	*0.0004*	*0.0002*	*0.0004*
234678 HxCDF	*0.002*	*0.0002*	*0.0004*	*0.0002*	*0.0004*
123789 HxCDF	*0.005*	*0.0005*	*0.0009*	*0.0005*	*0.0009*
Total HxCDF	0.024	0	0	0	0
123478 HxCDD	*0.004*	*0.0004*	*0.0007*	*0.0004*	*0.0007*
123678 HxCDD	0.007	0.0007	0.0012	0.0007	0.0012
123789 HxCDD	*0.006*	*0.0006*	*0.001*	*0.0006*	*0.001*
Total HxCDD	0.056	0	0	0	0
1234678 HpCDF	0.019	0.0002	0.00031	0.0002	0.00031
1234789 HpCDF	*0.006*	*0.0001*	*0.0001*	*0.0001*	*0.0001*
Total HpCDF	0.042	0	0	0	0
1234678 HpCDD	0.272	0.0027	0.0045	0.0027	0.0045
Total HpCDD	0.441	0	0	0	0
OCDF	0.042	0.000042	0.00007	0.0000042	0.000007
OCDD	1.995	0.0020	0.0033	0.0002	0.00033

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

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Table 5.8: Results from induction furnace (individual congeners sample 2 filter, rinses and trap)

March 2021

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