Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons
The ability of two very different active carbons, a polymer-derived carbon (with ultramicropores and supermicropores, and a large volume of “transport” pores) and a coconut shell-derived carbon (predominantly ultramicroporous), to reduce the levels of volatile toxicants in cigarette smoke has been m...
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| author | Peter J. Branton Kevin G. McAdam Martin G. Duke Chuan Liu Maria Curle Michele Mola Christopher J. Proctor Robert H. Bradley |
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| description | The ability of two very different active carbons, a polymer-derived carbon (with ultramicropores and supermicropores, and a large volume of “transport” pores) and a coconut shell-derived carbon (predominantly ultramicroporous), to reduce the levels of volatile toxicants in cigarette smoke has been measured and compared. The polymer-derived carbon was found to be approximately twice as effective in removing the majority of measured smoke vapour-phase toxicants compared to the coconut shell-derived carbon in three different cigarette formats and with two different smoking regimes. Single-component dynamic breakthrough experiments were conducted with benzene, acrylonitrile and 2-butanone at 298 K for beds of each carbon under dry (0% RH) and wet (60% RH) conditions. Longer breakthrough times were found with the polymer-derived carbon, and breakthrough times recorded under wet conditions were found to be up to 20% shorter than those obtained under dry conditions. Correlations between micropore volume, dynamic adsorption volume and filter bed breakthrough time have been demonstrated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fe063b3ea6b4d018b6afd654bfa04742025-01-02T22:37:56ZengSAGE PublishingAdsorption Science & Technology0263-61742048-40382011-02-012910.1260/0263-6174.29.2.117Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active CarbonsPeter J. Branton0Kevin G. McAdam1Martin G. Duke2Chuan Liu3Maria Curle4Michele Mola5Christopher J. Proctor6Robert H. Bradley7 Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. Group Research and Development, British American Tobacco, Regents Park Road, Millbrook, Southampton SO15 8TL, U.K. MatSIRC Ltd., Carbon Technology, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1NW, U.K.The ability of two very different active carbons, a polymer-derived carbon (with ultramicropores and supermicropores, and a large volume of “transport” pores) and a coconut shell-derived carbon (predominantly ultramicroporous), to reduce the levels of volatile toxicants in cigarette smoke has been measured and compared. The polymer-derived carbon was found to be approximately twice as effective in removing the majority of measured smoke vapour-phase toxicants compared to the coconut shell-derived carbon in three different cigarette formats and with two different smoking regimes. Single-component dynamic breakthrough experiments were conducted with benzene, acrylonitrile and 2-butanone at 298 K for beds of each carbon under dry (0% RH) and wet (60% RH) conditions. Longer breakthrough times were found with the polymer-derived carbon, and breakthrough times recorded under wet conditions were found to be up to 20% shorter than those obtained under dry conditions. Correlations between micropore volume, dynamic adsorption volume and filter bed breakthrough time have been demonstrated.https://doi.org/10.1260/0263-6174.29.2.117 |
| spellingShingle | Peter J. Branton Kevin G. McAdam Martin G. Duke Chuan Liu Maria Curle Michele Mola Christopher J. Proctor Robert H. Bradley Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons Adsorption Science & Technology |
| title | Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons |
| title_full | Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons |
| title_fullStr | Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons |
| title_short | Use of Classical Adsorption Theory to Understand the Dynamic Filtration of Volatile Toxicants in Cigarette Smoke by Active Carbons |
| title_sort | use of classical adsorption theory to understand the dynamic filtration of volatile toxicants in cigarette smoke by active carbons |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1260/0263-6174.29.2.117 |
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