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Neutron activation analysis of an Egyptian cigarette and its ash

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The concentration of 28 elements in tobacco and cigarette paper in an Egyptian Cigarette were determined using instrumental neutron activation analysis. These elements are: Al, As, Ba, Br, Ca, Ce, Cl, Co, Cr, Cs, Eu, Fe, Hf, K, La, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Rb, Sb, Sc, Se, Sr, Th, Ti, V and Zn. The cigarette filter (before and after normal smoking) and the produced ash were analyzed to determine the adsorption of the elements on the filter and their remains in ash. The material balance for the determined elements were calculated.

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  1. Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, Austin, Texas, (USA)

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Iskander, F.Y. Neutron activation analysis of an Egyptian cigarette and its ash. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 89, 511–518 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02040614

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