<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> An apparatus for the preparation of radiolabelled cigarettes is described. The apparatus dispensed a fixed volume of liquid from a hypodermic syringe, the volume being controlled by a gear-driven micrometer assembly. The liquid was deposited along the axis of an intact cigarette as the latter was withdrawn from the syringe needle at a uniform rate. The distribution of added radioactive materiaI within the tobacco rod was checked and shown to be uniform.</p></abstract>

An apparatus for the preparation of radiolabelled cigarettes is described. The apparatus dispensed a fixed volume of liquid from a hypodermic syringe, the volume being controlled by a gear-driven micrometer assembly. The liquid was deposited along the axis of an intact cigarette as the latter was withdrawn from the syringe needle at a uniform rate. The distribution of added radioactive materiaI within the tobacco rod was checked and shown to be uniform.

Studies of Cigarette Smoke Transfer Using Radioisotopically Labelled Tobacco Constituents

Tobacco Research Council Laboratories, Harlow Hill, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England

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An apparatus for the preparation of radiolabelled cigarettes is described. The apparatus dispensed a fixed volume of liquid from a hypodermic syringe, the...

Studies of Cigarette Smoke Transfer Using Radioisotopically Labelled Tobacco Constituents

Published Online: Jul 26, 2014

Page range: 138 - 141

Received: May 09, 1973

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0321

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