<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>By means of the dispersion quotient method, the aerosol properties of freshly produced sidestream smoke were measured during the puff and subsequent interpuff period. These measurements were made on short time scales and at high aerosol concentrations. Examples are presented, which show the influence of different combustion conditions during the puff (resulting from different degrees of ventilation and different types of tobacco) on the emission of sidestream particles during the interpuff period. The ratio of the volume concentrations of the particles before and during a puff is reduced by ventilation and is nearly unchanged by the variation of the tobacco type.</p></abstract>

By means of the dispersion quotient method, the aerosol properties of freshly produced sidestream smoke were measured during the puff and subsequent interpuff period. These measurements were made on short time scales and at high aerosol concentrations. Examples are presented, which show the influence of different combustion conditions during the puff (resulting from different degrees of ventilation and different types of tobacco) on the emission of sidestream particles during the interpuff period. The ratio of the volume concentrations of the particles before and during a puff is reduced by ventilation and is nearly unchanged by the variation of the tobacco type.

Time Resolved Emission of Sidestream Smoke Particles

Lehrstuhl und Institut für Thermische Strömungsmaschinen, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany

BATCigarettenfabriken GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

Contributions to Tobacco & Nicotine Research

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By means of the dispersion quotient method, the aerosol properties of freshly produced sidestream smoke were measured during the puff and subsequent interpuff...

Time Resolved Emission of Sidestream Smoke Particles

Published Online: Jan 06, 2015

Page range: 53 - 57

Received: Nov 18, 1991

Accepted: Jan 22, 1992

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0621

© 1992 Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.