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Table 2 Extracted elemental mass fractions (μg/g)

From: Particle characterization and toxicity in C57BL/6 mice following instillation of five different diesel exhaust particles designed to differ in physicochemical properties

Particles DEP HVO RME Reference values
Fuel MK1 low sulfur diesel Hydrotreated vegetable oil Rapeseed methyl ester NIST2975a CBa Ref.bNIST2975 Ref.cCB
Intake O2% 9.7 13 17 13 13
V 14 6 ND 3 2 ND ND
Cr 8 7 52 11 7 7/4 ND
Mn 92 53 ND 39 43 6/3 1/0
Fe 220 137 2115 247 116 663/516 9/12 0.0 ± 0.0 < 1
Co 2 1 88 1 1 0/0 ND < 1
Ni 15 6 118 9 25 4/4 ND/1
Cu 2.349 629 13,160 1632 2291 23/13 10/1 0.0 ± 13 11
Ga 1 1 1 1 1 ND ND/0 0.1 ± 0.1 < 1
As ND ND ND ND ND ND 1/2 0.5 ± 0.7 < 2
Se 2 0 ND ND 0 ND ND 0.9 ± 0.6 < 1
Rb 2 1 1 1 1 13,926/17,003 ND 16 ± 4 < 2
Sr 99 54 ND 41 37 2/1 1/1
Ag 0 0 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 < 2
Cd ND ND ND ND ND ND ND/0 < 10
In 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0
Cs 0 0 ND 0 0 ND ND
Ba 15 10 ND 9 6 26/ND ND
Hg 0 0 ND 0 ND 0/0 0/0 < 0.4
Tl 0 0 0 0 0 ND ND
Pb ND ND ND ND ND 21/4 3/8
Bi 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0
U ND 0 ND ND ND ND ND < 0.2
  1. Elemental mass fractions determined by semi-quantitative analysis by ICP-MS (μg/g particle) (ND = not detectable). Blank concentrations were subtracted. NIST2975 and CB were analyzed in duplicates (separated by slash).aResults previously published in Bendtsen et al. (2019) [12]. bReference values from Ball et al. (2000) [33] (the study only analyzed Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, V, and Zn). Note that we extracted for significantly longer time (several days vs. overnight) and with 25% nitric acid instead of 0.1 M phosphate buffer. cReference values from the MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety (written communication of unpublished data of Degussa) [34]