Table 2 Recovery data and limit of detection for PAHs.

From: Characterization, sources, and risk assessment of PAHs in borehole water from the vicinity of an unlined dumpsite in Awka, Nigeria

PAHs

Recovery percentage

Limit of detection (μg/L)

Acenaphthene

Acp

90.6 \(\pm\) 2.45

0.06

Acenaphthylene

Acy

91.4 \(\pm\) 2.89

0.02

Fluoranthene

Fla

90.9 \(\pm\) 3.02

0.03

Benzo (k) fluoranthene

BkF

93.5 \(\pm\) 3.12

0.18

Benzo (b) fluoranthene

BbF

94.6 \(\pm\) 2.15

0.11

Fluorene

Flur

92.8 \(\pm\) 1.56

0.02

Benz (a)anthracene

BaA

92.5 \(\pm\) 1.48

0.07

Pyrene

Pyr

93.1 \(\pm\) 2.25

0.04

Naphthalene

Nap

91.8 \(\pm\) 2.13

0.09

Benzo (a) pyrene

BaP

94.7 \(\pm\) 3.25

0.03

Dibenz (a,h) anthracene

DbahA

98.8 \(\pm\) 1.24

0.05

Phenanthrene

Phen

96.2 \(\pm\) 1.47

0.02

Benzo (g,h,i) perylene

BghiP

98.1 \(\pm\) 1.17

0.10

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