ISO 23920:2020Published

Cigarettes — Determination of ammonia in cigarette mainstream smoke with an intense smoking regime using ion chromatography

Cigarettes — Dosage de l'ammoniac dans le courant principal de la fumée de cigarette avec un régime de fumage intense par chromatographie par échange d’ions

Abstract / scope

This document specifies a method for the quantification of ammonia by ion chromatography in mainstream smoke using ISO 20778 smoking parameters.

This method is applicable to an ammonia yield of about 10 µg/cigarette to 40 µg/cigarette. It is not applicable for the determination of ammonia in dark-air cured cigarettes.