CORESTA Recommended Methods

The valid CORESTA Recommended Methods are listed in the following table.  The methods are available in PDF format *.

REF. TITLE

DATE
N° 1 Determination of Dithiocarbamates in Tobacco Nov. 1978
N° 2 Determination of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues on Tobacco May 1997
N° 4

Determination of Maleic Hydrazide Residues in Tobacco

 Sep. 1976
N° 5 Determination of Carbon Monoxide in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes by Non-Dispersive Infrared Analysis Sep. 1993
N° 6 Measurement of Ventilation : Definitions and Measurement Principles Mar. 2000
N° 7 Determination of Nicotine in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes by Gas Chromatographic Analysis Aug. 1991
N° 8 Determination of Water in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes by Gas Chromatographic Analysis Aug. 1991
N° 9 Determination of Nicotine in Cigarette Filters by Gas Chromatographic Analysis  (Second updated edition) April 2009
N° 12 Determination of Alkaloids in Cigarette Smoke Condensate Sep. 1968
N° 13 Determination of Alkaloid Retention by Cigarette Filters Sep. 1968
N° 15 Cigarettes - Determination of Water in Smoke Condensates - Karl Fischer Method Mar. 1990
N° 16 Lamina Strip Particle Size Determination Jan. 1991
N° 17 Stem Content of Lamina Strips Jan. 1991
N° 20 Determination of Alkaloids in Manufactured Tobacco Sep. 1968
CORESTA Report 1991-1 (amended June 2007)
Determination of Repeatability and Reproducibility for the Measurement of Nicotine-free Dry Particulate Matter, Nicotine, Water, using CRMs 7, 8, 21, 22, 23 and 25		 Aug. 1991
N° 21 Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Tobacco and Tobacco Products Aug. 1991
N° 22 Routine Analytical Cigarette-Smoking Machine: Specifications, Definitions and Standard Conditions Aug. 1991
N° 23 Determination of Total and Nicotine-Free Dry Particulate Matter using a Routine Analytical Cigarette-Smoking Machine
Determination of Total Particulate Matter and Preparation for Water and Nicotine Measurements		 Aug. 1991
N° 24 Cigarettes - Sampling Aug. 1991
N° 25 Ambient Air-Flow Around Cigarettes in Routine Analytical Smoking Machines : Control and Monitoring Aug. 1991
N° 30 Determination of Residues of the Suckercide Flumetralin (Prime Plus, CGA-41065) on Tobacco
(CRMs 30-31-32 are gathered in a single PDF document)		 Jun. 1991
N° 31 Determination of Residues of the Suckercide Pendimethalin (Accotab, Stomp) on Tobacco
(CRMs 30-31-32 are gathered in a single PDF document)		 Jun. 1991
N° 32 Determination of Residues of the Suckercide Off-Shoot-T (N-alkanol mixture) on Tobacco
(CRMs 30-31-32 are gathered in a single PDF document)		 Jun. 1991
N° 33 Determination of Acetate in Cigarette Paper
(CRMs 33-34-45 are gathered in a single PDF document)		 Jan. 1993
N° 34 Determination of Citrate in Cigarette Paper
(CRMs 33-34-45 are gathered in a single PDF document)		 Jan. 1993
N° 35 Determination of Total Alkaloids (as Nicotine) in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis  (Second updated edition) Aug. 2010
N° 36 Determination of Nitrate in Tobacco and Smokeless Tobacco Products by Reduction to Nitrite and Continuous Flow Analysis  (Third updated edition) Aug. 2011
N° 37 Determination of Reducing Substances in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis  (Second updated edition) Aug. 2010
N° 38 Determination of Reducing Carbohydrates in Tobacco by Continuous Flow Analysis  (Second updated edition) Aug. 2010
N° 39 Determination of the Purity of Nicotine and Nicotine Salts by Gravimetric Analysis - Tungstosilicic Acid Method Nov. 1994
N° 40 Determination of Air Permeability of Materials used as Cigarette Papers, Filter Plug Wrap and Filter Joining Paper including Materials having an Oriented Permeable Zone Oct. 1994
N° 41 Determination of the Draw Resistance of Cigarettes and Filter Rods  (Second updated edition) June 2007
N° 42 Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Fine-Cut Tobacco and Fine-Cut Smoking Articles Jun. 1997
N° 43 Fine-cut tobacco - Sampling Jun. 1997
N° 45 Determination of Phosphate in Cigarette Paper
(CRMs 33-34-45 are gathered in a single PDF document)		 Jan. 1998
N° 46 Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing Cigars of all Sizes and Shapes May 1998
N° 47 Cigars - Sampling Jan. 2000
N° 50 Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Determination of Nicotine and 3-ethenylpyridine in the Vapour Phase Jan. 2002
N° 51 Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Estimation of its Contribution to Respirable Suspended Particles - Determination of Particulate Matter by Ultraviolet Absorbance and by Fluorescence Jan. 2002
N° 52 Environmental Tobacco Smoke - Estimation of its Contribution to Respirable Suspended Particles - Method based on Solanesol Determination Jan. 2002
N° 53 Determination of Paper Wrapper Burn Speed May 2002
N° 54 Determination of Nicotine and Nicotine-Free Dry Particulate Matter in Sidestream Smoke using a Fishtail Chimney and a Routine Analytical/Linear Smoking Machine (Second updated edition) May 2011
N° 55 Determination of Carbon Monoxide in the Vapour Phase of Cigarette Sidestream Smoke using a Fishtail Chimney and a Routine Analytical/Linear Smoking Machine (Second updated edition) May 2011
N° 56 Determination of Water in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Karl Fischer Method (Second updated edition) May 2011
N° 57 Determination of Water in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatographic Analysis Dec. 2002
N° 58 Determination of Benzo[a]pyrene in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method Feb. 2004
N° 59 Determination of Triacetin in Filter Rods by Gas Chromatographic Analysis June 2004
N° 60 Determination of 1,2-Propylene Glycol and Glycerol in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatography (Second updated edition) May 2011
N° 61 Determination of 1,2-Propylene Glycol, Glycerol and Sorbitol in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) (Second updated edition) May 2011
N° 62 Determination of Nicotine in Tobacco and Tobacco Products by Gas Chromatographic Analysis Feb. 2005
N° 63 Determination of Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines in Cigarette Mainstream Smoke - GC-TEA Method June 2005
N° 64 Routine Analytical Cigar-Smoking Machine - Specifications, Definitions and Standard Conditions Nov. 2005
N° 65

Determination of Total and Nicotine-Free Dry Particulate Matter using a Routine Analytical Cigar-Smoking Machine – Determination of Total Particulate Matter and Preparation for Water and Nicotine Measurements  (Fourth updated edition)

 June 2010
N° 66 Determination of Nicotine in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigars by Gas Chromatographic Analysis Nov. 2005
N° 67 Determination of Water in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigars by Gas Chromatographic Analysis Nov. 2005
N° 68 Determination of Carbon Monoxide in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigars by Non-Dispersive Infrared Analysis Jan. 2010
N° 69 Determination of pH in Smokeless Tobacco Products June 2010
N° 70 Determination of Selected Volatile Organic Compounds in the Mainstream Smoke of Cigarettes - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method June 2010
N° 71 Smokeless Tobacco Products - Sampling Nov. 2011
N° 72 Determination of Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines in Smokeless Tobacco Products by Liquid Chromatography - Tandem Mass Spectrometry June 2011
N° 73 Determination of Ammonia in Tobacco by Ion Chromatographic Analysis May 2011
N° 74 Determination of Selected Carbonyls in Mainstream Cigarette Smoke by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Aug. 2011

 

CORESTA Recommended Methods and ISO Correlation List (December 2011) *

 

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