<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Analyses of indices observed in macro-photographs of a variety of cigarette cross-sections have shown that tobacco shreds forming the internal structure of cigarettes are highly arranged in a defined pattern in which their lenghts are predominantly oriented along the cigarette lenghts and their widths - parallel to the cigarette seams. These pattern-arrangements of tobacco shreds have an effect upon the dielectric properties and deformation of cigarettes. The deformation has been found to be bigger when measured perpendicular to seams.</p></abstract>

Analyses of indices observed in macro-photographs of a variety of cigarette cross-sections have shown that tobacco shreds forming the internal structure of cigarettes are highly arranged in a defined pattern in which their lenghts are predominantly oriented along the cigarette lenghts and their widths - parallel to the cigarette seams. These pattern-arrangements of tobacco shreds have an effect upon the dielectric properties and deformation of cigarettes. The deformation has been found to be bigger when measured perpendicular to seams.

Pattern-Arrangements of Tobacco Shreds in the Internal Structure of Cigarettes

Department of Tobacco and Tobacco Products Technology, Higher Institute of Food and Flavour Industry, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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Analyses of indices observed in macro-photographs of a variety of cigarette cross-sections have shown that tobacco shreds forming the internal structure of...

Pattern-Arrangements of Tobacco Shreds in the Internal Structure of Cigarettes

Published Online: Jan 06, 2015

Page range: 129 - 134

Received: Jan 23, 1992

Accepted: Aug 24, 1992

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0628

© 1992 Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International

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