Gas/Particle Partitioning of Two Acid-Base Active Compounds in Mainstream Tobacco Smoke: Nicotine and Ammonia

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2678-2690

  Chen, Cai ^a   Pankow, James F ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cigarette; Gas particle partitioning; Mainstream tobacco smoke; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMMONIA; NICOTINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PH; SMOKE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TOBACCO; VOLATILIZATION;

ACIDS; AMMONIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NICOTINE; SMOKE; SOLUTIONS; TOBACCO; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

CORDULEGASTRIDAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 64649086454     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803018x     Document Type: Article

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