CORESTA Congress, Shanghai, 2008, SSPT 19
X-Ray absorption techniques for the determination of oxidation states of trace metal constituents of cigarette smoke and ash
British American Tobacco, Group R&D, Southampton, UK
This work describes the first application of synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques to study the oxidation state of trace metals present in mainstream cigarette smoke and cigarette ash, using arsenic as an example. Smoke...