CORESTA Meeting, Smoke Science/Product Technology, Jeju, 2007, SSPTPOST 11
Characteristic of analytical techniques for hydrogen cyanide in mainstream smoke
KT&G Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), formed from pyrolysis of various nitrogenous compounds such as protein, amino acids and nitrate in tobacco, is present in both the particulate phase and vapor phase of cigarette smoke. Typically the determination of HCN in...