It was found that the contents of volatile compounds and flavor components were related to the type of cigarettes and the amount of tar. The contents of volatile compounds and flavor components were higher in the flue-cured cigarettes than in the mixed cigarettes, and higher in the high tar cigarettes than in the low tar cigarettes. The types of fragrance components in smoke of different types of cigarettes are basically the same, but there are great differences in content. The contents of furfural, furfuryl alcohol, maltol, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, linolenic acid, methyl linolenic acid, linoleic acid, methyl palmitate and other components in flue-cured cigarettes were significantly higher than those in mixed cigarettes. This is related to the higher carbohydrate content in flue-cured cigarettes. Mixed-type cigarettes contain high content of 3-methylpentanoic acid and nitrogen heterocyclic compounds such as cotinine, ho ah, and methamine due to their formulations of burley tobacco and spice tobacco. The filtering law of activated carbon for different types of cigarettes is basically the same, that is, the filtering efficiency is related to the properties of compounds, especially with the molecular weight and boiling point of compounds. The filtration efficiency of activated carbon on flue-cured cigarettes was lower than that of mixed cigarettes.
Principle of activated carbon adsorption
activated carbon is a kind of very small granular has a large surface area, and more tiny holes in the granular – capillary. The capillary has very strong adsorption capacity, due to the granular surface area is large, so a good contact with with gas (impurities). When these gases (impurities) encounter capillary by adsorption, purification effect. Activated carbon surface area of the study is very important, only the BET specific surface area detecting data of active carbon method detected result is reliable, domestic at present there are many instruments can only make direct comparison method of detection,
