BS ISO 15592-3:2008 Fine-cut tobacco and smoking articles made from it. Methods of sampling, conditioning and analysis. Determination of total particulate matter of smoking articles using a routine analytical smoking machine, preparation for the determination of water and nicotine, and calculation of nicotine-free dry particulate matter
BS ISO 15592-3 specifies methods for the determination of total particulate matter in the smoke from articles made from fine-cut tobacco (cigarettes,
cigars, etc.).
BS ISO 15592-3 also specifies:
• Methods for the determination of nicotine-free dry particulate matter present in the smoke from articles made from fine-cut tobacco
• The method for the classification of unknown wrappers
• The method of making fine-cut tobacco smoking articles using specified wrappers both with and without attached filters
• The method for determining the yield of a fine-cut smoking article made using a loose filter and tobacco inserted into a wrapper.
Replaces ISO 15592-3:2008
Contents of BS ISO 15592-3:2008:
Foreword
Introduction
Scope
Normative references
Terms and definitions
Principle
Apparatus
Sampling
Wrappers used for making FCSAs
Making of the fine-cut laboratory smoking articles
Determination of total particulate matter
Test report
Precision
Summary of report of the CORESTA task force on roll-your-own (fine-cut) tobacco
Wrapper specification
Classification of wrappers
Fine-cut tobacco stated to be used with specified wrappers
Effect of incorporation of loose filters
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