<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present paper shows the detectable factors on which a sorption isotherm depends. Even if it is well-known that a sorption isotherm is most essentially conditioned by influences of the respective tobacco variety, other factors, such as temperature, initial moisture content, or fibre dimension, play a part as well. In general, a sorption isotherm constitutes a ''summation'' of such factors and, in the end, a combination of desorption and adsorption if the tobacco is dried or moistened from the average commercial moisture content. The tobacco hysteresis is experimentally investigated and discussed</p></abstract>

The present paper shows the detectable factors on which a sorption isotherm depends. Even if it is well-known that a sorption isotherm is most essentially conditioned by influences of the respective tobacco variety, other factors, such as temperature, initial moisture content, or fibre dimension, play a part as well. In general, a sorption isotherm constitutes a ''summation'' of such factors and, in the end, a combination of desorption and adsorption if the tobacco is dried or moistened from the average commercial moisture content. The tobacco hysteresis is experimentally investigated and discussed

Examination of Tobacco Hygroscopicity / Über die Hygroskopizität des Tabaks

Laboratorium der Wilh. Quester Maschinenfabrik, Köln, Germany

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The present paper shows the detectable factors on which a sorption isotherm depends. Even if it is well-known that a sorption isotherm is most essentially...

Examination of Tobacco Hygroscopicity / Über die Hygroskopizität des Tabaks

Pubblicato online: 13 giu 2014

Pagine: 25 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0092

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