<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A microprocessor-controlled device for the spiking of cigarettes with variable amounts of radiolabelled material is described. Cigarettes can be spiked at rates in excess of 100/min, compared with the very slow manual methods in existence. The deposition of the radiolabelled material ([16,17-<sup>14</sup>C]dotriacontane) is very reproducible with a coefficient of variation of around 3 %. The device is capable of injecting cigarettes of various physical configurations, and of producing variable distributions of the radiolabelled material along the tobacco rod.</p></abstract>

A microprocessor-controlled device for the spiking of cigarettes with variable amounts of radiolabelled material is described. Cigarettes can be spiked at rates in excess of 100/min, compared with the very slow manual methods in existence. The deposition of the radiolabelled material ([16,17-14C]dotriacontane) is very reproducible with a coefficient of variation of around 3 %. The device is capable of injecting cigarettes of various physical configurations, and of producing variable distributions of the radiolabelled material along the tobacco rod.

An Automatic Device for the Addition of Precise Amounts of Radiolabelled Material to Cigarettes

Battelle, Geneva Research Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

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A microprocessor-controlled device for the spiking of cigarettes with variable amounts of radiolabelled material is described. Cigarettes can be spiked at...

An Automatic Device for the Addition of Precise Amounts of Radiolabelled Material to Cigarettes

Published Online: Aug 14, 2014

Page range: 117 - 121

Received: Jan 27, 1983

Accepted: Jul 15, 1983

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0533

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