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Smoke Testing - Filters - Tar

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As filters become an increasingly critical part of cigarette design, filter efficiency testing is vital for understanding their performance and retention profiles. Support your advanced cigarette designs with this range of tests.

This range of tests provides data for better understanding the performance of your cigarette filters. Click on each substance tested for further information and interesting facts.

 

Tar

This constituent of smoke is familiar to the majority of all smokers. Tar is actually the aggregation of approximately 4500 different chemicals and is an important contributor to the taste of smoke.

Nicotine
Carbon Monoxide
Phenolic compounds                                                       
Carbonyls
Volatile organic compounds
Aromatic Amines
Pyridine
Quinolene
Styrene
Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines
Hydrogen Cyanide
Ammonia
Nitric Oxide
B[a]P
Metals

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