Research Article

The Application of Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization Technique in Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Table 2

Electronic states energy of the 16 PAHs in U.S. EPA list.

CompoundNAPACYACEFLUPHEANTFLTPYRBaACHRBbFBkFBaPINDDBABPY

IP (eV)8.12a8.22a7.68a7.88a7.90a7.44a7.9a7.43a7.53a7.6a7.70b7.48b7.10anf7.38a7.16a
(eV)c4.03dnfnf4.12c3.61d3.31c3.06c3.34c3.22c3.44c3.38c3.10c3.08cnf3.14c3.05
(eV)c2.88dnfnf2.95c2.7d1.85c2.92c2.11c2.07c2.48c2.49c2.19c1.84cnf2.26c2.00
(eV)5.24nfnf4.935.25.594.985.325.465.125.215.295.26nf5.125.16

Data compiled from NIST Standard Reference Database. Database, March 1998 Release: NIST Chemistry Web Book; nf: not found. bReference [21]. ccalculated from [22] and dcalculated from [23].