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Appendix C
PID sensor and correction factors tables
EVM Series User Manual
Gas/VOC
Formula
(used to convert
ppm measurement
to mg/m
3
)
Correction
factor
Relative
sensitivity (%)
Typical PID
(ppb)
Methyl acrylate
C4H6O2
3.4
30
340
Methyl bromide
CH3Br
1.9
50
190
Methyl cyanoacrylate
C5H5O2N
5.0
20
500
Methyl ethyl ketone
C4H8O
0.8
130
80
Methyl ethyl ketone peroxides
C8H18O2
0.8
125
80
Methyl formate
C2H4O2
NR
-
-
Methyl isobutyl ketone
C6H12O
0.8
125
80
Methyl isocyanate
C2H3NO
NR
-
-
Methyl isothiocyanate
C2H3NS
0.6
167
60
Methyl mercaptan
CH4S
0.7
140
70
Methyl methacrylate
C5H8O2
1.6
60
160
Methyl propyl ketone
C5H10O
0.8
130
80
Methyl salicylate
C8H8O3
1.2
80
120
Methyl sulphide
C2H6S
0.5
200
50
Methyl t-butyl ether
C5H12O
0.8
125
80
Methyl-2-propen-1-ol, 2-
C4H8O
1.1
90
100
Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone, N-
C5H9NO
0.9
110
90
Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol, 2-
C7H6N2O5
3.0
33
300
Methyl-5-hepten-2-one, 6-
C8H14O
0.8
125
80
Methylamine
CH5N
1.4
70
140
Methylbutan-1-ol, 3-
C5H12O
3.4
30
340
Methylcyclohexane
C7H14
1.1
90
110
Methylcyclohexanol, 4-
C7H14O
2.4
40
240
Methylcyclohexanone 2-
C7H12O
1.0
100
100
Methylheptan-3-one, 5-
C8H16O
0.8
133
75
Methylhexan-2-one, 5-
C7H14O
0.8
133
75
Methylhydrazine
CH6N2
1.3
80
130
Methyl-N-2,4, 6-tetranitroaniline, N-
C7H5N5O8
3.0
33
300
Methylpent-3-en-2-one, 4-
C6H10O
0.7
140
70
Methylpentan-2-ol, 4-
C6H14O
2.8
40
280
Methylpentane-2,4-diol, 2-
C6H14O2
4.0
25
400
Methylpropan-2-ol, 2-
C4H10O
3.5
30
350
Methylstyrene
C9H10
0.5
200
50
Mineral oil
0.8
125
80
Mineral spirits
0.8
125
80
Naphthalene
C10H8
0.4
230
45
Nitric oxide
NO
8.0
15
800
Nitroaniline
C6H6N2O2
0.8
125
80
Nitrobenzene
C6H5NO2
1.7
60
170
Nitroethane
C2H5NO2
NR
-
-
Nitrogen dioxide
NO2
10.0
10
1000
Nitrogen trichloride
NCl3
1.0
100
100
Nitrogen trifluoride
NF3
NR
-
-
Nitromethane
CH3NO2
NR
-
-
Nitropropane, 1-
C3H7NO2
NR
-
-
Nitropropane, 2-
C3H7NO2
NR
-
-
Nitrous oxide
N2O
NR
-
-
Nonane, n-
C9H20
1.3
80
130