Table 1 Chemicals detected in wood smoke in laboratory studies

Particulate matter

PM₁, PM_2.5, PM₁₀

The mass of PM ranges from tens to thousands in μg/m^{3 a}

Gases

CO, NO, NO₂, SO₂

CO: 2.7–1385 ppm ^a

n-Alkane compounds

Pentadecane, Hexadecane, Octadecane, Nonadecane, Docosane, Tricosane, Tetracosane, Pentacosane, Heptacosane

% n-Alkane in PM mass: 0–0.9% ^a

Polyaromatic compounds

Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Methylphenanthrene, Methylanthracene, Fluoranthene, Pyrene, Benz(a)fluorene, Benz(b)fluorene, Methylchrysene, Naphthalene, Retene, Chrysene,

% PAH compounds in PM mass: 0–0.5% ^a

Methoxyphenol compounds

Guaiacol, Methoxymethyl phenol, Ethylguaiacol, Eugenol, Propylguaiacol, Vanillin, Isoeugenol, 3,5-Dimethoxyphenol, Syringaldehyde, Acetosyringone, Coniferyl aldehyde

% Methoxyphenol in PM mass: 0.1–6.5% ^a

Levoglucosan

Levoglucosan

% Levoglucosan in PM mass: 0.9–12.6% ^a

Inorganic constituents

Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, K, Mg, Na, Pb, Si, Zn, Al, Ba, Fe, Mn, NH₄⁺, PO₄³⁻, Cl⁻, NO₃⁻, SO₄²⁻,

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