Table IX

Headspace Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure in Sample Vials with Microwires at the Stopper-Seal Interface, Both Before (T0) and After (T1) a Container Closure Integrity (CCI) Test That Was Conducted 1 Week After Sample Preparation. Values Are the Averages of Five Consecutive Measurements on Each Vial

Nominal Wire Size [μm]FillHeadspace Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure [Torr]Number of Leaking Vials Detecteda
T0T1
MeanStDevMinMaxMeanStDevMinMax
415 mL1 mg/mLBSA in PBS00.00000.1000/5
6400.100369321.946765/5
8000.000441352.608034/5
NCbEmpty10.11110.1110/3
GPCc10.2017073.37037093/3
  • a Leakage was a change ≥ 1 torr between T0 and T1.

  • b NC is negative control

  • c GPC is gross positive control