Step
|
Temperature
|
Ramp Time
|
Hold time
|
Flow rate
|
---|
|
(°C)
|
(s)
|
(s)
|
(mL min
− 1
)
|
---|
Drying
|
110
|
1
|
30
|
250
|
Drying
|
130
|
15
|
30
|
250
|
Pyrolysis
|
1500
|
10
|
20
|
250
|
Atomization
|
2350
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
Cleaning
|
2450
|
1
|
3
|
250
|
Cooling
|
20
|
1
|
5
|
250
|
- Note: Correlation coefficients for Aluminum concentration and the water content of the samples were: 0.23 for normal tissues; 0.26 for peripheral tumor areas, and 0.16 for peripheral tumor areas, showing that samples with increased water content (and therefore lower fat content) had slightly higher concentrations of aluminum.