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Measurement of an electronic cigarette aerosol size distribution during a puff

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

4

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"
}