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| Analyte | Method |
|---|---|
| Moisture Content | SSD:TM:524 |
| Trace Metals | SSD:TM:525 |
| Analyte(s) | Product Type | Instrumentation | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicotine/Nicotine Alkaloids | All Tobacco Products | Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry | “Simultaneous Determination of Tobacco Alkaloids, Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines, and Solanesol in Consumer Products Using UPLC–ESI-MS/MS”. John R. Shifflett, Leah Watson, Devin J. McNally, and Dawit Z. Bezabeh, Chromatographia (2018), 81(3), 517-523. |
| Total Reducing Sugars (Sucrose, Fructose, and Glucose) | Cigars Cigarettes Roll-your-own Pipe tobacco | Ion Chromatography | 1, 2 |
| Sieve Test | Chewing tobacco Snuff | Electric 8-inch sieve shaker, using horizontal circular sieving motion. Testing sieves, covered with wire screens according to DIN ISO 3310 and A.S.T.M. E–11–87, No. 10 mesh (0.0787 inch or 2.00 millimeters), with covers and collecting pans. | TTB Procedure Number 2014–1, Testing of Chewing Tobacco and Snuff Products, January 14, 2014. |
| Product weight, pipe tobacco and RYO (roll your own) | Cigars Cigarettes | Analytical balance |
- Zook, C.M., Patel, P.M., LaCourse, W.R., Ralapati, S, (1996) Characterization of Tobacco Products by High-Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography-Pulsed Amperometric Detection, J. Agric. Food Chem., Vol 44, No. 7
- Dionex Technical Note 20, Analysis of Carbohydrates by High Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography with Pulsed Amperometric Detection (2000), www.dionex.com
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