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BĚLKA, M. LÍZAL, F. JEDELSKÝ, J. JÍCHA, M. POSPÍŠIL, J.
Original Title
Measurement of an electronic cigarette aerosol size distribution during a puff
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Original Abstract
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have become very popular recently because they are marketed as a healthier alternative to tobacco smoking and as a useful tool to smoking cessation. E-cigarettes use a heating element to create an aerosol from a solution usually consisting of propylene glycol, glycerol, and nicotine. Despite the wide spread of e-cigarettes, information about aerosol size distributions is rather sparse. This can be caused by the relative newness of e-cigarettes and by the difficulty of the measurements, in which one has to deal with high concentration aerosol containing volatile compounds. Therefore, we assembled an experimental setup for size measurements of e-cigarette aerosol in conjunction with a piston based machine in order to simulate a typical puff. A TSI scanning mobility particle sizer 3936 was employed to provide information about particle concentrations and sizes. An e-cigarette commercially available on the Czech Republic market was tested and the results were compared with a conventional tobacco cigarette. The particles emitted from the e-cigarette were smaller than those of the conventional cigarette having a CMD of 150 and 200 nm. However, the total concentration of particles from e-cigarette was higher.
Keywords
electronic cigarette, particle measurement, particle size, particle concentration
Authors
BĚLKA, M.; LÍZAL, F.; JEDELSKÝ, J.; JÍCHA, M.; POSPÍŠIL, J.
Released
12. 5. 2017
Publisher
EDP SCIENCES
Location
France
ISBN
2100-014X
Periodical
EPJ Web of Conferences
Year of study
143
State
French Republic
Pages from
1
Pages to
4
Pages count
URL
https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2017/12/epjconf_efm2017_02006/epjconf_efm2017_02006.html
Full text in the Digital Library
http://hdl.handle.net/11012/70124
BibTex
@inproceedings{BUT131495, author="Miloslav {Bělka} and František {Lízal} and Jan {Jedelský} and Miroslav {Jícha} and Jiří {Pospíšil}", title="Measurement of an electronic cigarette aerosol size distribution during a puff", booktitle="EPJ Web of Conferences", year="2017", journal="EPJ Web of Conferences", volume="143", pages="1--4", publisher="EDP SCIENCES", address="France", doi="10.1051/epjconf/201714302006", issn="2100-014X", url="https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2017/12/epjconf_efm2017_02006/epjconf_efm2017_02006.html" }