TABLE III

Twenty-Five Extractables Selected from the Nelson Dataset to Illustrate How Multiple Analytical Methods Improve Coverage by Increasing the Quantity of Compounds Covered and the Quality of the Coverage. As the First Five Compounds Listed Have No GC/MS Response but Produce a Response by One of the LC/MS Methods, the Combined Strategy of GC/MS and LC/MS Increases the % Coverage from 80% (GC/MS Alone) to 100%. Because the Next Three Listed Compounds Have LC/MS Responses That Are Better than the GC/MS Responses, the Combined Strategy of GC/MS and LC/MS Increases the Quality of Coverage (Lower %RSD and Thus Lower UF) versus GC/MS Alone

ExtractableRRF Value
NameCas RNGC/MSLC/MS-APCILC/MS-ESIOptimal, Closest to 1
Monoethyl 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonate66165-37-500.7221.0891.089
1,3-Distearin504-40-501.070.0041.07
9,10-Dihydroxystearic acid120-87-600.0540.6160.616
PBT Trimer63440-94-800.4140.00130.414
Agidol 11026347-98-800.4860.5550.555
Mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate4376-20-90.0310.2950.9240.924
10-Oxostearic acid4158-12-70.1240.8530.2930.853
Pentanedioic acid110-94-10.14900.160.16
2-Hydroxyethyl N-butylcarbamate13105-54-90.1790.0990.4240.424
5-Methyl-2-nitrophenol700-38-90.2670.0120.0090.267
1,2-Decanediol1119-86-40.296000.296
3,3',5,5'-Tetrabromobisphenol A79-94-70.3620.1410.0520.362
N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-10-undecenamide20545-92-00.4150.370.9120.912
3-Methylcyclohexanol591-23-10.451000.451
Myristoleic acid544-64-90.4550.0550.0070.455
Propyl paraben94-13-30.4550.1092.1910.455
2-Oxepanone502-44-30.4560.0460.440.456
2-Chloroacetophenone532-27-40.5120.0030.0060.512
1-Octanol111-87-50.520000.520
Camphene Isomer I79-92-50.631000.631
Ziram137-30-40.6340.00900.634
Tinuvin 3203846-71-70.7951.47100.795
delta-Tridecanolactone7370-92-50.8640.2110.2860.864
Methyl 10-oxostearate870-10-00.9081.0290.141.029
n-Hexadecyl myristate2599-01-10.9290.0090.020.929
Statistics
N2525
Mean0.37730.6269
STDEV0.30260.2686
%RSD80.242.8
Low00.16
High0.9291.089
Median0.41500.5550
% Coverage80%100%
  • APCI, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; ESI, electrospray ionization; GC/MS, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry; LC/MS, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry; %RSD, percent relative standard deviation; STDEV, standard deviation; UF, uncertainty factor.