The photoelectric aerosol sensor as a fast-responding and sensitive detection system for cigarette smoke analysis

Reinhard Niessner, Gudrun Walendzik

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Abstract

The combination of the photoelectric aerosol sensor (PAS) and the time programmed sampling of small aerosol volumes within a cigarette puff allows the quantitative time-resolved determination of photoemitting substances in the aerosol. All photoemitting substances contribute to the measured photoelectric (PE) signal. In this comparative study it is shown that the PAS signal correlates well (r=0.94, n=20) with the BaP content. The benzo-a-pyrene (BaP) amounts of the cigarette smoke aerosol were separately determined by in situ synchronous fluorimetry on TLC plates. The absolute detection limit is about 50 pg.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-133
Number of pages5
JournalFresenius' Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie
Volume333
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1989
Externally publishedYes

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