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μL added
Component
0
1
3
5
7
2-propanol
3337694 4162371 6363394 7060114 8101360 area
0 0.009469 0.028406 0.047344 0.066281 concentration mg/m
2
5.02E-02
calculated amount mg/m
2
ethyl acetate
302671 973347 2755297 4304253 6115361 area
0 0.007438 0.022313 0.037188 0.052063 concentration mg/m
2
2.00E-03
calculated amount mg/m
2
1-butanol
385906 761497 1708139 2203362 3191062 area
0 0.007438 0.022313 0.037188 0.052063 concentration mg/m
2
7.55E-03
calculated amount mg/m
2
1-methoxy 2-propanol
3873000 4854145 5683277 6258900 7857878 area
0 0.009469 0.028406 0.047344 0.066281 concentration mg/m
2
7.44E-02
calculated amount mg/m
2
4-methyl 2-pentanone
374131 837187 1642593 2555176 3209676 area
0 0.009469 0.028406 0.047344 0.066281 concentration mg/m
2
9.57E-03
calculated amount mg/m
2
toluene
1077304 1512873 2382486 2972530 3683690 area
0 0.007438 0.022313 0.037188 0.052063 concentration mg/m
2
2.31E-02
calculated amount mg/m
2
n-butyl acetate
190875 649615 1751135 2741910 3859582 area
0 0.007438 0.022313 0.037188 0.052063 concentration mg/m
2
2.26E-03
calculated amount mg/m
2
Table 2. Quantification results from a real croissant packaging foil sample of 48 cm
2
area
2-propanol
ethyl acetate
1-butanol
toluene
1-methoxy
2-propanol
4-methyl
2-pentanone
n-butyl acetate
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0
Figure 6. VOCs detected in croissant packaging and their relative distribution.
