Determination of cigarette ash holding capacity and its relationship with free burning rate
In order to quantitatively evaluate the ash holding capacity of cigarettes,understand its current situation and explore the influencing factors,the determination method of the ash holding capacity was studied.The ash holding capacity of some conventional specifications of cigarettes was measured and statistically analyzed,and the relationship between the ash holding capacity and the free burning speed of cigarettes was studied.The results showed that a method for determining the ash holding capacity of cigarette was established based on the whole process video recording and image analysis at the moment of ash column breakage.The method was found to be ac-curate and reproducible.The ash holding capacity of 30 different brands of cigarettes ranged from 36.28 to 48.01 mm,with significant differences observed among different brands of cigarettes.Additionally,there was a significant positive correlation between ash holding capacity and free burning rate.