The international standard 10362-1:1999
Indeed, capillary columns were used in the recently updated CORESTA Recommended Method No 57,
Based on this situation, ISO/TC 126 decided in 2015 to create a Working Group 17 (WG 17) to revise ISO10362-1:1999 to include capillary columns as one of the methodology options, starting with discussion and a systematic review. At the first ISO/TC 126/WG 17 meeting, the necessity for a comparison of water yields using either packed or capillary columns in the methodology, was identified.
Yield data were gathered and analysed from several collaborative studies e.g., of 24th Asia Collaborative Study 2015 (ACS, the meeting was held in Bali in 2016), of the European Collaborative Study 2016 (EUCS, organized by the Committee on Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN)) and of the CORESTA CM8 collaborative study 2017 (4). Water yield comparability was presented and confirmed in all collaborative studies at the WG17 meeting held in November 2017. The results from the monitor cigarette (CM8) from the CORESTA collaborative study were published by C
On the other hand, ACS 2015 and EUCS 2016 used five different brands for test samples. Although the results of EUCS didn’t contain datasets obtained with the combination of packed columns and linear smoking machines, the results of ACS (5) contained datasets obtained with all combinations of GC columns and smoking machines. Consequently, WG17 decided to use the results of ACS for the revision of the international standard.
This paper has been written to provide a comprehensive statistical comparison in terms of water yield differences between packed and capillary columns obtained from the 24th Asia Collaborative Study (2015) covering cigarettes across a typical range of “tar” yields.
64 laboratories participated in the 24th Asia Collaborative Study (ACS) held in 2015. All participating laboratories are listed in Table A of Appendix A. The laboratories marked with an asterisk provided more than one dataset which were obtained by using various combinations of linear and rotary smoking machines.
In this study, 86 datasets were submitted with their water yields analysed. They consisted of 46 datasets measured by capillary column, 39 datasets measured by packed column, and 1 dataset without mention which column was used.
Participants were requested to follow the protocol “ACS” to analyse five test samples, including CORESTA Monitor CM8 (6) as listed in Table 1, and to report on parameters as listed in Tables 2 and 3.
Code | Sample name | Supplier | Origin | NFDPM level (mg/cig) | Butt length (mm) |
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A | Mevius One Box | JT | Japan | 1 | 35 |
B | Marlboro Clear 3 Box | PMI | Lithuania | 3 | 35 |
C | Kent 6 KS Box | RJR | USA | 6 | 35 |
D | Mevius Box | JT | Japan | 10 | 35 |
E | CORESTA Monitor (CM8) | COR | Germany | 14.1* | 33 |
Suppliers: JT: Japan Tobacco Inc., PMI: Philip Morris International, RJR: R J Reynolds, COR: CORESTA
CM8 was provided by Cerulean in this year.
NFDPM was quoted from ‘CORESTA Approved Monitor No.8 (CM8) use of condition, June 2015’ (6).
Outline | |
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Test period | September 1st to November 30 th, 2015 |
Data set / sample | One data set consists of 6 test results obtained from 6 runs. One test result was defined as the average yield obtained from 20 cigarettes in a single run. |
Test parameters | TPM, water, nicotine, NFDPM, CO, puffs |
Original data sets | 86 data sets from 64 laboratories for each sample |
Test parameter | Smoking machine | Number of runs | Reported data / sample |
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TPM (mg/cig) | Linear 20 port | 6 runs 5 cig/port × 4 ports/run | 6 test results, mean and standard deviation |
Water (mg/cig) | |||
Nicotine (mg/cig) | |||
NFDPM (mg/cig) | Linear 16 port | ||
CO (mg/cig) | Linear 10 port | ||
Puff count (puffs/cig) | Rotary | 6 runs (20 cig/run) |
As shown in Table 1, the four sample brands covered the range in NFDPM from 1 to 10 mg/cig, NFDPM of CM8 was reported to be 14.1 mg/cig (6). CORESTA Monitor CM8 was provided by Cerulean or Borgwaldt KC year by year in turn and Cerulean provided it in that particular year.
One dataset consists of six test results obtained from six runs, as shown in Table 2. One test result was defined as the average yield obtained from 20 cigarettes in a single run. For linear smoking machines, four ports per brand were used within each run, and five cigarettes were smoked per port. Rotary smoking machine always used 20 cigarettes per run.
Raw datasets are listed in APPENDIX B with the type of smoking machine and GC column, water yields for each run, mean and standard deviation (SD) for five test samples.
Numerical outlier technique: Cochran’s and Grubbs’ tests were applied in accordance with ISO 5725-2:1994 (7) to exclude outlying datasets prior to the determination of repeatability and reproducibility. Cochran’s test was applied to identify an outlier with statistically deviant standard deviation. Grubbs’ test was applied to identify an outlier in a univariate dataset that follows an approximately normal distribution.
After Cochran’s test, Grubbs’ test was applied to the mean values of the remaining datasets according to chapter 7.3.4.3 in ISO5725-2 (7). Grubbs’ test consists of two types of tests. One is to determine whether the largest or smallest observation is the outlier, this is called the single Grubbs’ test (chapter 7.3.4.1 in ISO 5725-2). The second test is to determine whether the two largest observations or two smallest observations are the outliers, it is called the double Grubbs’ test (chapter 7.3.4.2 in ISO 5725-2).
In the first step, the datasets were sorted in descending order for mean value. The Grubbs’ statistics
Water yield repeatability (r) and reproducibility (R) were calculated for all types of gas chromatographic columns and each type of GC column seperately, with all types of smoking machines according to ISO 5725-2:1994 (7), by using the data that remained after the removal of outliers.
Mean and standard deviation for each dataset were calculated and are listed in Table 4.
No. | Smoking machine a | GC column b | Lab. code | Sample A | Sample B | Sample C | Sample D | Sample E | |||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
1 | R | C | 01R | 0.07 | 0.031 | 0.14 | 0.037 | 0.96 | 0.103 | 1.69 | 0.086 | 1.90 | 0.109 |
2 | R | C | 02R | 0.09 | 0.061 | 0.30 | 0.084 | 1.01 | 0.154 | 1.93 | 0.207 | 2.23 | 0.172 |
3 | L | P | 03AL | 0.08 | 0.066 | 0.17 | 0.053 | 0.45 | 0.046 | 1.03 | 0.053 | 1.21 | 0.052 |
4 | R | P | 03BR | 0.07 | 0.052 | 0.15 | 0.031 | 0.55 | 0.111 | 1.22 | 0.167 | 1.34 | 0.182 |
5 | L | P | 04L | 0.15 | 0.024 | 0.33 | 0.046 | 0.69 | 0.065 | 1.34 | 0.078 | 1.56 | 0.121 |
6 | L | P | 05L | 0.10 | 0.029 | 0.29 | 0.042 | 0.68 | 0.057 | 1.54 | 0.076 | 1.72 | 0.092 |
7 | L | C | 06AL | 0.09 | 0.030 | 0.38 | 0.176 | 0.61 | 0.121 | 1.38 | 0.228 | 1.62 | 0.393 |
8 | L | C | 06BL | 0.20 | 0.104 | 0.35 | 0.237 | 0.55 | 0.180 | 1.00 | 0.216 | 1.50 | 0.481 |
9 | R | C | 07AR | 0.12 | 0.035 | 0.43 | 0.056 | 0.96 | 0.048 | 1.90 | 0.097 | 2.16 | 0.132 |
10 | R | C | 07BR | 0.10 | 0.036 | 0.35 | 0.039 | 0.92 | 0.036 | 1.83 | 0.116 | 2.17 | 0.033 |
11 | L | C | 07CL | 0.07 | 0.022 | 0.19 | 0.042 | 0.58 | 0.017 | 1.23 | 0.151 | 1.43 | 0.050 |
12 | R | C | 08R | 0.09 | 0.041 | 0.27 | 0.042 | 0.87 | 0.056 | 1.69 | 0.089 | 1.97 | 0.115 |
13 | R | C | 09R | 0.08 | 0.080 | 0.23 | 0.041 | 0.80 | 0.118 | 1.55 | 0.107 | 1.90 | 0.090 |
14 | R | C | 10R | 0.04 | 0.023 | 0.26 | 0.021 | 0.86 | 0.051 | 2.02 | 0.049 | 2.14 | 0.080 |
15 | L | C | 11L | 0.06 | 0.043 | 0.21 | 0.043 | 0.49 | 0.131 | 1.21 | 0.130 | 1.32 | 0.074 |
16 | R | P | 12R | 0.08 | 0.023 | 0.31 | 0.068 | 1.05 | 0.085 | 1.72 | 0.033 | 2.19 | 0.126 |
17 | R | C | 13AR | 0.13 | 0.037 | 0.29 | 0.038 | 0.93 | 0.012 | 1.45 | 0.115 | 1.52 | 0.115 |
18 | R | C | 13BR | 0.13 | 0.017 | 0.34 | 0.079 | 0.88 | 0.053 | 1.54 | 0.095 | 1.68 | 0.170 |
19 | R | P | 14R | 0.17 | 0.017 | 0.37 | 0.071 | 0.86 | 0.088 | 1.67 | 0.179 | 1.90 | 0.096 |
20 | R | C | 15AR | 0.14 | 0.053 | 0.32 | 0.042 | 0.97 | 0.055 | 1.69 | 0.037 | 1.92 | 0.066 |
21 | L | C | 15BL | 0.13 | 0.085 | 0.17 | 0.100 | 0.51 | 0.113 | 1.13 | 0.138 | 1.52 | 0.215 |
22 | R | P | 16R | 0.08 | 0.059 | 0.27 | 0.105 | 0.74 | 0.134 | 1.54 | 0.113 | 1.70 | 0.148 |
23 | R | P | 17AR | 0.09 | 0.015 | 0.27 | 0.031 | 0.77 | 0.103 | 1.52 | 0.145 | 1.82 | 0.112 |
24 | L | P | 17BL | 0.10 | 0.022 | 0.21 | 0.034 | 0.53 | 0.072 | 1.15 | 0.141 | 1.31 | 0.076 |
25 | R | C | 18AR | 0.10 | 0.004 | 0.35 | 0.034 | 0.88 | 0.078 | 1.63 | 0.096 | 1.78 | 0.145 |
26 | L | C | 18BL | 0.09 | 0.019 | 0.30 | 0.056 | 0.66 | 0.158 | 1.45 | 0.184 | 1.39 | 0.203 |
27 | L | C | 19AL | 0.06 | 0.017 | 0.25 | 0.013 | 0.62 | 0.044 | 1.47 | 0.078 | 1.63 | 0.089 |
28 | R | C | 19BR | 0.13 | 0.038 | 0.28 | 0.039 | 0.90 | 0.061 | 1.69 | 0.073 | 2.03 | 0.066 |
29 | L | C | 19CL | 0.08 | 0.014 | 0.27 | 0.018 | 0.67 | 0.024 | 1.47 | 0.085 | 1.73 | 0.112 |
30 | R | C | 19DR | 0.08 | 0.061 | 0.25 | 0.054 | 0.82 | 0.078 | 1.47 | 0.083 | 1.82 | 0.033 |
31 | L | P | 19EL | 0.06 | 0.013 | 0.22 | 0.010 | 0.55 | 0.033 | 1.36 | 0.029 | 1.44 | 0.040 |
32 | L | P | 20L | 0.06 | 0.014 | 0.27 | 0.039 | 0.63 | 0.073 | 1.45 | 0.058 | 1.62 | 0.054 |
33 | L | C | 21L | 0.13 | 0.004 | 0.26 | 0.012 | 0.77 | 0.012 | 1.45 | 0.010 | 1.84 | 0.039 |
34 | R | C | 22R | 0.11 | 0.083 | 0.29 | 0.061 | 0.87 | 0.156 | 1.80 | 0.197 | 2.06 | 0.101 |
35 | R | C | 23R | 0.00 | 0.005 | 0.24 | 0.076 | 0.80 | 0.125 | 1.46 | 0.072 | 1.80 | 0.052 |
36 | R | C | 24AR | 0.11 | 0.005 | 0.23 | 0.017 | 0.73 | 0.014 | 1.43 | 0.119 | 1.79 | 0.088 |
37 | L | C | 24BL | 0.12 | 0.008 | 0.33 | 0.009 | 0.64 | 0.016 | 1.38 | 0.128 | 1.66 | 0.050 |
38 | R | P | 25R | 0.10 | 0.014 | 0.37 | 0.043 | 1.03 | 0.116 | 1.94 | 0.170 | 2.20 | 0.213 |
39 | R | C | 26AR | 0.14 | 0.051 | 0.31 | 0.066 | 0.91 | 0.045 | 1.92 | 0.227 | 2.13 | 0.137 |
40 | R | C | 26BR | 0.14 | 0.052 | 0.38 | 0.044 | 1.07 | 0.063 | 2.03 | 0.130 | 2.33 | 0.077 |
41 | L | C | 27L | 0.09 | 0.105 | 0.19 | 0.082 | 0.57 | 0.088 | 1.21 | 0.177 | 1.35 | 0.108 |
42 | L | P | 28L | 0.21 | 0.078 | 0.33 | 0.103 | 0.70 | 0.119 | 1.55 | 0.154 | 1.87 | 0.167 |
43 | L | P | 29L | - | - | 0.27 | 0.104 | 0.70 | 0.073 | 1.41 | 0.262 | 1.60 | 0.212 |
44 | R | P | 30R | 0.09 | 0.022 | 0.35 | 0.064 | 1.03 | 0.077 | 2.03 | 0.121 | 2.10 | 0.105 |
45 | L | P | 31L | 0.08 | 0.053 | 0.40 | 0.345 | 0.55 | 0.213 | 1.33 | 0.202 | 1.53 | 0.236 |
46 | R | C | 32AR | 0.06 | 0.031 | 0.20 | 0.093 | 0.81 | 0.102 | 1.61 | 0.083 | 1.88 | 0.075 |
47 | R | C | 32BR | 0.07 | 0.041 | 0.29 | 0.106 | 0.88 | 0.138 | 1.73 | 0.120 | 1.95 | 0.161 |
48 | R | C | 33R | 0.05 | 0.011 | 0.24 | 0.041 | 0.70 | 0.085 | 1.36 | 0.155 | 1.58 | 0.110 |
49 | R | P | 34R | 0.16 | 0.072 | 0.39 | 0.084 | 1.21 | 0.134 | 2.26 | 0.244 | 2.57 | 0.321 |
50 | L | P | 35L | 0.11 | 0.092 | 0.62 | 0.371 | 0.84 | 0.234 | 1.75 | 0.261 | 2.21 | 0.219 |
51 | R | C | 36AR | 0.17 | 0.015 | 0.52 | 0.030 | 0.89 | 0.056 | 1.37 | 0.053 | 2.30 | 0.060 |
52 | R | C | 36BR | 0.19 | 0.034 | 0.52 | 0.025 | 0.94 | 0.036 | 1.46 | 0.069 | 2.43 | 0.051 |
53 | R | C | 37AR | 0.08 | 0.084 | 0.20 | 0.098 | 0.70 | 0.183 | 1.53 | 0.231 | 1.78 | 0.341 |
54 | L | C | 37BL | 0.11 | 0.087 | 0.42 | 0.181 | 0.85 | 0.171 | 1.31 | 0.178 | 1.70 | 0.152 |
55 | R | P | 38R | 0.14 | 0.071 | 0.28 | 0.024 | 0.86 | 0.060 | 1.73 | 0.100 | 1.88 | 0.073 |
56 | R | P | 39R | 0.13 | 0.048 | 0.35 | 0.069 | 1.03 | 0.150 | 1.91 | 0.203 | 2.01 | 0.518 |
57 | R | P | 40R | 0.14 | 0.084 | 0.37 | 0.076 | 1.30 | 0.329 | 2.44 | 0.287 | 2.70 | 0.219 |
58 | R | C | 41R | 0.11 | 0.031 | 0.25 | 0.010 | 0.83 | 0.100 | 1.42 | 0.117 | 1.78 | 0.106 |
59 | L | C | 42L | 0.10 | 0.017 | 0.26 | 0.044 | 0.57 | 0.052 | 1.19 | 0.040 | 1.52 | 0.104 |
60 | L | P | 43AL | 0.21 | 0.057 | 0.44 | 0.112 | 0.75 | 0.032 | 1.36 | 0.072 | 1.63 | 0.136 |
61 | L | P | 43BL | 0.20 | 0.014 | 0.47 | 0.178 | 0.73 | 0.015 | 1.35 | 0.064 | 1.58 | 0.069 |
62 | L | C | 44AL | 0.11 | 0.105 | 0.27 | 0.186 | 0.55 | 0.150 | 1.29 | 0.151 | 1.66 | 0.129 |
63 | L | C | 44BL | 0.07 | 0.108 | 0.22 | 0.035 | 0.61 | 0.138 | 1.35 | 0.186 | 1.58 | 0.156 |
64 | R | P | 45R | 0.06 | 0.026 | 0.23 | 0.032 | 0.70 | 0.074 | 1.58 | 0.168 | 1.71 | 0.073 |
65 | L | P | 46L | 0.03 | 0.054 | 0.14 | 0.108 | 0.50 | 0.087 | 1.03 | 0.126 | 1.01 | 0.079 |
66 | L | P | 47L | 0.19 | 0.072 | 0.42 | 0.125 | 0.78 | 0.099 | 1.55 | 0.172 | 1.70 | 0.259 |
67 | L | C | 48L | 0.10 | 0.004 | 0.30 | 0.010 | 0.77 | 0.018 | 1.30 | 0.037 | 1.78 | 0.028 |
68 | R | P | 49R | 0.21 | 0.071 | 0.33 | 0.117 | 1.05 | 0.104 | 1.85 | 0.108 | 1.94 | 0.129 |
69 | R | P | 50AR | 0.07 | 0.054 | 0.23 | 0.040 | 0.77 | 0.034 | 1.63 | 0.128 | 1.83 | 0.113 |
70 | R | P | 50BR | 0.04 | 0.031 | 0.19 | 0.039 | 0.75 | 0.084 | 1.65 | 0.083 | 1.85 | 0.047 |
71 | L | P | 50CL | 0.09 | 0.045 | 0.25 | 0.081 | 0.56 | 0.074 | 1.38 | 0.098 | 1.46 | 0.127 |
72 | R | C | 51R | 0.11 | 0.023 | 0.40 | 0.053 | 0.98 | 0.121 | 1.95 | 0.122 | 2.19 | 0.160 |
73 | R | C | 52R | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.05 | 0.062 | 0.64 | 0.123 | 1.79 | 0.167 | 2.18 | 0.192 |
74 | L | P | 53L | 0.06 | 0.015 | 0.26 | 0.025 | 0.75 | 0.010 | 1.60 | 0.070 | 1.69 | 0.047 |
75 | R | C | 54R | 0.09 | 0.021 | 0.25 | 0.026 | 0.81 | 0.091 | 1.50 | 0.090 | 1.85 | 0.064 |
76 | R | UN | 55R | 0.44 | 0.150 | 0.41 | 0.139 | 0.94 | 0.120 | 1.25 | 0.192 | 1.97 | 0.195 |
77 | L | P | 56L | 1.43 | 0.368 | 1.84 | 0.713 | 2.47 | 0.936 | 3.82 | 1.050 | 4.33 | 1.388 |
78 | R | P | 57R | 0.13 | 0.023 | 0.35 | 0.053 | 0.97 | 0.045 | 1.99 | 0.104 | 2.26 | 0.088 |
79 | L | P | 58L | 0.07 | 0.028 | 0.23 | 0.091 | 0.52 | 0.051 | 1.22 | 0.112 | 1.50 | 0.113 |
80 | L | P | 59L | 0.72 | 0.607 | 1.00 | 0.660 | 1.24 | 0.637 | 1.79 | 0.493 | 3.27 | 0.758 |
81 | R | P | 60AR | 0.07 | 0.015 | 0.30 | 0.039 | 0.85 | 0.099 | 1.58 | 0.085 | 2.17 | 0.127 |
82 | L | P | 60BL | 0.07 | 0.021 | 0.27 | 0.046 | 0.66 | 0.079 | 1.61 | 0.114 | 2.41 | 0.243 |
83 | R | P | 61R | 0.13 | 0.008 | 0.30 | 0.024 | 0.71 | 0.016 | 1.01 | 0.016 | 1.90 | 0.012 |
84 | R | C | 62R | 0.04 | 0.043 | 0.31 | 0.134 | 1.04 | 0.162 | 2.26 | 0.288 | 2.35 | 0.326 |
85 | L | C | 63L | 0.18 | 0.008 | 0.34 | 0.015 | 0.73 | 0.035 | 1.24 | 0.015 | 1.69 | 0.041 |
86 | R | P | 64R | 0.04 | 0.015 | 0.22 | 0.073 | 0.59 | 0.102 | 1.41 | 0.162 | 1.43 | 0.170 |
Smoking machine R: rotary smoking machine, L: linear smoking machine
GC column C: capillary column, P: packed column, UN: unknown
The labcode was randomly assigned and is in no way related to the participation numbers of the laboratories, which were given in numerical order of data submission.
85 datasets, shown in Table 4, were sorted in descending order of their standard deviation. The test statistic
As the numbers of datasets exceeded 40 in this study, Cochran’s critical value at corresponding numbers of datasets were calculated by use of the approximation in (9) which extends the Cochran’s test beyond 40 data sets.
When the test statistics was higher than the critical value, the dataset was considered an outlier. After the exclusion of an outlier dataset, the test statistic
Sample | Cochran’s test | Grubbs’ test | Remaining data sets |
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A | 59 L, 56 L, 55 R | N/A | 82 |
B | 56 L, 59 L, 35 L | N/A | 82 |
C | 56 L, 59 L, 40 R | N/A | 82 |
D | 56 L, 59 L | N/A | 83 |
E | 56 L, 59 L, 39 R | N/A | 82 |
N/A: Not applicable
Two or three datasets from a total of 85 datasets were excluded from further statistical evaluation. The number of datasets classified by GC column type and smoking machine type is listed in Table 6.
Sample code | Total datasets | Column type | Total by GC column | Linear smoking | Rotary smoking |
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A | 82 | Capillary | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Packed | 36 | 17 | 19 | ||
B | 82 | Capillary | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Packed | 36 | 17 | 19 | ||
C | 82 | Capillary | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Packed | 36 | 18 | 18 | ||
D | 83 | Capillary | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Packed | 37 | 18 | 19 | ||
E | 82 | Capillary | 46 | 17 | 29 |
Packed | 36 | 18 | 18 |
Datasets were classified by GC column type into capillary data and packed column data. Box plots of each column type for each test sample are shown in Figures 1 to 5.
The diamond-shaped symbols indicate the mean values. The interquartile range (IQR) of capillary columns for sample A was narrower than the IQR of packed columns. IQR of capillary columns for samples B, C, D and E were almost identical to those of the packed columns. The
Sample code | “Tar” (mg/cig) | Capillary (mg/cig) | Packed (mg/cig) | |||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
A | 1 | 0.097 | 0.043 | 0.104 | 0.052 | ns |
B | 3 | 0.287 | 0.089 | 0.290 | 0.074 | ns |
C | 6 | 0.785 | 0.155 | 0.753 | 0.188 | ns |
D | 10 | 1.534 | 0.272 | 1.558 | 0.321 | ns |
E | 14.1 | 1.836 | 0.287 | 1.791 | 0.376 | ns |
No significant difference between packed columns and capillary columns in water yield determination was observed in all test samples.
Datasets were classified into four groups by the combination of GC column type and smoking machine type.
Box plots for each test sample are shown in Figures 6 to 10.
L/Cap means a combination of linear smoking machine and capillary column. L/Packed means a com bination of linear smoking machine and packed column. R/Cap means a combination of rotary smoking machine and capillary column. R/Packed means a combination of rotary smoking machine and capillary column.
IQR and median of the four groups for samples A and B were almost identical. But IQR and median of rotary and linear smoking machines seemed to be different for samples C, D and E. The results of the
Sample code | Linear | Rotary | ||||||||
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Capillary | Packed | Capillary | Packed | |||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
A | 0.106 | 0.041 | 0.102 | 0.058 | ns | 0.092 | 0.044 | 0.101 | 0.047 | ns |
B | 0.273 | 0.065 | 0.286 | 0.082 | ns | 0.29 | 0.101 | 0.296 | 0.068 | ns |
C | 0.632 | 0.100 | 0.645 | 0.113 | ns | 0.874 | 0.103 | 0.861 | 0.188 | ns |
D | 1.287 | 0.137 | 1.391 | 0.193 | ns | 1.676 | 0.229 | 1.718 | 0.338 | ns |
E | 1.576 | 0.159 | 1.614 | 0.324 | ns | 1.988 | 0.23 | 1.969 | 0.346 | ns |
Sample code | Capillary | Packed | ||||||||
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Linear | Rotary | Linear | Rotary | |||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
A | 0.106 | 0.041 | 0.092 | 0.044 | ns | 0.102 | 0.058 | 0.101 | 0.047 | ns |
B | 0.273 | 0.065 | 0.290 | 0.101 | ns | 0.286 | 0.082 | 0.296 | 0.068 | ns |
C | 0.632 | 0.100 | 0.874 | 0.103 | ** | 0.645 | 0.113 | 0.861 | 0.188 | ** |
D | 1.287 | 0.137 | 1.676 | 0.229 | ** | 1.391 | 0.193 | 1.718 | 0.338 | ** |
E | 1.576 | 0.159 | 1.988 | 0.230 | ** | 1.614 | 0.324 | 1.969 | 0.346 | ** |
1% significant
The estimated values, which were calculated for all types of GC columns, capillary columns and packed columns are listed in Table 10. In comparison with repeatability and reproducibility defined in ISO 10362-1:1999, the estimated repeatability and reproducibility tends to be smaller than in ISO 10362-1:1999.
Sample code | All data | Capillary columns | Packed columns | ||||||
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Mean | Mean | Mean | |||||||
A | 0.101 | 0.129 | 0.176 | 0.097 | 0.131 | 0.169 | 0.104 | 0.13 | 0.187 |
B | 0.286 | 0.225 | 0.307 | 0.284 | 0.209 | 0.312 | 0.29 | 0.243 | 0.302 |
C | 0.771 | 0.267 | 0.534 | 0.785 | 0.281 | 0.505 | 0.753 | 0.246 | 0.572 |
D | 1.525 | 0.365 | 0.818 | 1.518 | 0.349 | 0.773 | 1.534 | 0.379 | 0.883 |
E | 1.816 | 0.424 | 0.999 | 1.836 | 0.432 | 0.895 | 1.791 | 0.414 | 1.121 |
C
In our study, we could show that no significant difference was observed for water yields in cigarette smoke condensate between capillary and packed columns, not only from CM8 but also from other test samples, covering the majority of “tar” value products that are sold in the market.
There was no significant difference in water yields between linear type smoking machines and rotary type smoking machines for samples A and B, which had the lowest water yields. On the other hand, the water yields for samples C, D and E by rotary type smoking machines were higher than those by linear type smoking machine.
The differences in water yields between rotary and linear smoking machines were already observed in the CORESTA Harmonization Study in 1991 (10) and in the CORESTA Collaborative Study conducted by CORESTA CO Sub-Committee (11). Although the differences in CO yields and NFDPM were improved and the differences in water yields became smaller through the improvement of air flow around cigarettes, higher water yields were still observed in the results obtained with rotary smoking machines under the ISO smoking regime (4, 12). Nevertheless, such a difference is no real influence in case of evaluation of the data from each smoking machine type. Comparisons between the two types of columns were carried out with a wider range of “tar” yields for each smoking machine type. This evaluation did not show significant difference between the data from packed columns and capillary columns.
Furthermore it was confirmed that there was no significant difference in the lower range of water yields between packed columns and capillary columns, with or without distinction of smoking machine type.
The comparison of repeatability and reproducibility estimated by using all datasets as well as datasets classified by GC column type were made via an
Estimated
Mean value |
Repeatability limit |
Reproducibility limit |
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0.083 | 0.154 | 0.241 |
0.153 | 0.228 | 0.353 |
0.338 | 0.272 | 0.381 |
0.962 | 0.407 | 0.734 |
1.595 | 0.561 | 0.935 |
3.187 | 0.908 | 1.680 |
The repeatability estimated by using all datasets as well as datasets classified by GC column type were plotted with those of ISO 10362-1:1999 and 95% of upper and lower limits for prediction bands (Figure 11).
The estimated repeatability for samples A and B were within the upper and lower limits for prediction bands. All of the estimated repeatability for samples C, D and E were smaller than 95% of lower limit for prediction band. This means that the estimated repeatability might be similar or smaller than the values in ISO 10362-1:1999.
The reproducibility estimated by using all datasets as well as datasets classified by GC column types were plotted with those of ISO 10362-1:1999 and 95% of upper and lower limits for prediction bands (Figure 12).
The estimated reproducibility of packed columns was almost within the 95% upper and lower limit of prediction bands. On the other hand, the estimated reproducibility of capillary columns was smaller than 95% of lower limit of prediction band. This means that the estimated reproducibility of capillary columns is better than the reproducibility in ISO10362-1: 1999.
The estimated
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The comparative results of water yields and estimated