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7.2 Summary of the methods 
Summary of the GC-FID protoco s 
Participants 
FID 
Column 
Carrier 
Oven 
Injection 
Detector 
instrument 
type 
L in m 
ID in mm 
Film in urn 
temp in C 
type 
(max) temp 
BMM 
no information 
BSH 
Agilent 6890N 
J&W DB-5 
10 
0.1 
0.1 
H 
300 
PTV splitless 
320 
Cedre 
Not used 
LASEM 
Not used 
LVA 
Varian Star 
Rtx-5: 
30m 
0.32mm 
0.5pm 
He 1.1ml/min 
100->300 
split 
280 
280 
NBI 
HP5890 
NB-1 
25 
0.32 
0.25 
He 1.4 ml/min 
60->300 
split 
280 
300 
NERI 
HP5890 
J&W DB-1 
30 m 
0.25 mm 
0.25pm 
H 
no inf 
cold on-column 
no inf 
NFI 
Not used 
Petrobas 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
RIZA 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
J&W DB-5-MS 
10 m 
0.25 mm 
0.25pm 
He 1.1 ml/min 
35->325 
splitless 
325 
375 
Sintef 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
HP-5 MS 
60 
0.25 
0.25 
He 1 ml/min 
40->300 
split/splitless 
325 
280 
SKL 
HP5890 
HP Ultra 1 
25 m 
0.2 mm 
0.33 urn 
He 0.8 ml/min 
50->300 
splitless 2 min 
300 
300 
WRD 
Varian Star 
no information 
Summary of the GC-MS protoco s 
Participants 
MS 
Column 
Carrier 
Oven 
Injection 
MS 
instrument 
type 
type 
L in m 
ID in mm 
Film in urn 
temp in C 
type 
(max) temp 
transferline 
BMM 
Thermoquest Trace 
quadrupole 
Restek RTX-1 
40 
0.18 
0.2 
He 1.5 ml/min 
60->300 
PTV splitless 
380 
310 
BSH 
HP 6890N/5973 MS 
quadrupole 
Varian CP-Sil 8 CB 
30 
0.25 
0.25 
He 1 ml/min 
50->320 
PTV splitless 
320 
280 
Cedre 
HP 6890N/5973 MS 
quadrupole 
Varian VF-1 ms 
60 
0.25 
0.25 
He 1 ml/min 
50->300 
splitless 
270 
300 
LASEM 
Finnigan Polaris-Q 
ion trap 
Varian CP-Sil 5 CB 
30 
0.25 
no inf 
He 48 kPa 
50->290 
splitless 
250 
no inf 
LVA 
Perkin-ElmerQMass910 
quadrupole 
PTE-5 
30 
0.32 
0.32 
He 48 kPa 
50->300 
splitless 
300 
280 
NBI 
HP6890/HP 5973 
quadrupole 
HP-5 MS 
30 
0.25 
0.25 
He 1 ml/min 
40->300 
split 1:5 
300 
300 
NERI 
VG 70S-250 
double sector 
J&W DB-5 
30 
0.25 mm 
0.25 
He 
no inf 
cold on-column 
no inf 
no inf 
NFI 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
quadrupole SIM 
HP-5 MS 
30 
0.25 mm 
0.25 
He 1 ml/min 
50->320 
PTV splitless 
320 
320 
NFI 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
quadrupole Full scan 
HP-5 MS 
30 
0.25 mm 
0.25 
He 1.5 ml/min 
50->320 
PTV splitless 
320 
320 
Petrobas Biomarkers 
agilent 6890/5972 MS 
quadrupole 
J&W DB-5 
30 
0.25 mm 
0.25 
no inf 
no inf 
split/splitless 
no inf 
no inf 
Petrobas PAH's 
Finnigan Polaris-Q 
Ion trap 
J&W DB-5 
30 
0.25 mm 
0.25 
He 1.2 ml/min 
50->280 
splitless 
no inf 
no inf 
RIZA 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
quadrupole 
J&W DB-5-MS 
30 
0.25 mm 
0.25 
He 1.1 ml/min 
50->325 
PTV splitless 
350 
280 
Sintef 
agilent 6890/5973 MS 
quadrupole SIM 
HP-5 MS 
60 
0.25 
0.25 
He 1 ml/min 
40->300 
split/splitless 
325 
280 
SKL 
HP5890/5972A MS 
quadrupole 
HP Ultra 1 
25 
0.2 mm 
0.33 
He 0.7 ml/min 
60->300 
splitless 2 min 
300 
300 
WRD 
Not used