VOCs in Cigarette Packaging Paper - Headspace Gas Chromatography Analyzer Product Details

1. Scope of application of reference standards and analytical methods

The tobacco industry standard YC263-2008 mainly applies this method to the detection of 16 organic volatile substances such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone, cyclohexanone, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, butyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, and propylene glycol methyl ether in cigarette packs, inks, coatings, and adhesives.

2. Method principle
The volatile organic compounds in cigarette trademark paper mainly come from solvent residues generated during the printing process. When the content is too high, it will have a negative impact on the taste of cigarettes. For this purpose, we conducted a methodological study on volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in cigarette trademark paper. The headspace gas chromatography method was used to determine the residual volatile organic compound solvents in tobacco industry standard YC263-2008 cigarette strips and packaging paper. Based on the peak area of the substance and the concentration of the standard sample, the external standard method was used for quantitative analysis

Instrument configuration and reagents

Standard sample chromatogram:

Peak number, peak name, retention time, peak area, and content

1 Ethanol 9.290 28142.455 87722.398 1.0000

2 Isopropanol 10.698 22352.047 84862.039 1.0000

3 Acetone 10.790 23518.953 78999.461 1.0000

4 butanone 15.623 22848.533 96196.898 1.0000

5 Ethyl acetate 16.373 14870.154 63384.301 1.0000

6 Isopropyl acetate 19.007 14958.404 69185.680 1.0000

7 n-butanol 19.098 21246.076 96198.023 1.0000

8 Benzene 19.648 4502.474 20980.900 1.0000

9 Propylene glycol methyl ether 19.990 11435.315 52885.699 1.0000

10 Acetic acid n-propyl ester 22.157 16297.478 74724.797 1.0000

11 4-methyl-2-pentanone 24.015 20394.121 100560.703 1.0000

12 Toluene 26.148 3635.229 17848.250 1.0000

13 Butyl acetate 28.148 14724.000 70690.102 1.0000

14 Ethylbenzene 31.948 3652.951 18299.051 1.0000

15 Xylene 32.373 1634.865 8654.500 1.0000

16 Xylene 33.990 391.400 2041.000 1.0000

17 Cyclohexanone 34.540 13602200 70530.453 1.0000