<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A gas chromatographic method was developed to quantitatively determine the major components in the total particulate matter (TPM) of cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke condensate was collected on a glass fiber filter and the components were converted to their trimethylsilyl derivatives and then subjected to glass capillary column gas chromatography. By this method, volatile and non-volatile tobacco smoke components, including unstable phenolic substances and water-soluble polyhydroxy compounds, were determined simultaneously</p></abstract>

A gas chromatographic method was developed to quantitatively determine the major components in the total particulate matter (TPM) of cigarette smoke. Tobacco smoke condensate was collected on a glass fiber filter and the components were converted to their trimethylsilyl derivatives and then subjected to glass capillary column gas chromatography. By this method, volatile and non-volatile tobacco smoke components, including unstable phenolic substances and water-soluble polyhydroxy compounds, were determined simultaneously

Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Cigarette Smoke by Trimethylsilylation Method

Central Research Institute, The Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation, Yokohama, Japan

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A gas chromatographic method was developed to quantitatively determine the major components in the total particulate matter (TPM) of cigarette smoke. Tobacco...

Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Cigarette Smoke by Trimethylsilylation Method

Published Online: Aug 14, 2014

Page range: 218 - 221

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0451

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