<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A technique for axial concentration measurements of several gas phase components of cigarette smoke during a two-second puff has been described. Gas concentration profiles constructed from these measurements were used to determine the axial order of the reactions which determine these concentrations. A one-dimensional model combustion reaction profile and a one-dimensional model coal temperature profile were presented. The diffusivities of several combustion gases through cigarette paper were calculated from the concentration data using the Owens-Reynolds model for the isothermal diffusion of gases through cigarette paper.</p></abstract>

A technique for axial concentration measurements of several gas phase components of cigarette smoke during a two-second puff has been described. Gas concentration profiles constructed from these measurements were used to determine the axial order of the reactions which determine these concentrations. A one-dimensional model combustion reaction profile and a one-dimensional model coal temperature profile were presented. The diffusivities of several combustion gases through cigarette paper were calculated from the concentration data using the Owens-Reynolds model for the isothermal diffusion of gases through cigarette paper.

One-Dimensional Gas Concentration Profiles Within a Burning Cigarette During a Puff

Philip Morris Research Center, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.

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A technique for axial concentration measurements of several gas phase components of cigarette smoke during a two-second puff has been described. Gas...

One-Dimensional Gas Concentration Profiles Within a Burning Cigarette During a Puff

Published Online: Aug 14, 2014

Page range: 219 - 224

Received: Apr 15, 1975

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0383

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