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Table 6 Results (integrated peak areas) of SPME analyses of Whitacker’s Almanack (1903)

From: Measurement of volatile organic compounds emitted in libraries and archives: an inferential indicator of paper decay?

Analyte

NAS

NLS

BL

CUL

TCD

NLW

OULS

Heptane

1740

3633

1130

2879

531

2250

2828

Toluene

3505

27923

1159

2001

1551

2971

6034

Furfural

50864

87600

165629

81534

73890

63607

133581

Ethylbenzene

3748

3582

< 1000

< 1000

< 1000

4469

6264

Benzaldehyde

9304

4842

< 1000

16513

< 1000

< 1000

12704

Acetophenone

6223

8467

10139

< 1000

3041

5624

< 1000

Decane

42112

69419

109054

22827

12224

24186

56537