<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> For chemical and physical tests samples of homogeneous tobaccos of uniform humidity are required. To this end a curing chamber was constructed allowing conditioning of cigarettes and tobacco in very short time. The new apparatus can also be used for determining the hygroscopic compensation of different blends. Compared with conventional machines operating according to the same principle with pressure reduction, saturated salt solutions and air circulation it offers considerable improvements regarding duration and uniformity of conditioning </p></abstract>

For chemical and physical tests samples of homogeneous tobaccos of uniform humidity are required. To this end a curing chamber was constructed allowing conditioning of cigarettes and tobacco in very short time. The new apparatus can also be used for determining the hygroscopic compensation of different blends. Compared with conventional machines operating according to the same principle with pressure reduction, saturated salt solutions and air circulation it offers considerable improvements regarding duration and uniformity of conditioning

A Curing Chamber with Air Circulation / Klimakammer mit Luftumwälzung

Wissenschaftliche Abteilung der British American Tobacco Co. GmbH

Contributions to Tobacco & Nicotine Research

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

{"article-title":"A Curing Chamber with Air Circulation / Klimakammer mit Luftumwälzung"}

For chemical and physical tests samples of homogeneous tobaccos of uniform humidity are required. To this end a curing chamber was constructed allowing...

A Curing Chamber with Air Circulation / Klimakammer mit Luftumwälzung

Published Online: May 28, 2014

Page range: 35 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0006

© Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.