Study of cigarette smoke aerosol using time of flight mass spectrometry

Recent Advances in Our Understanding of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Made Possible by On-Line Aerosol Analysis Instrumentation

“…Mainstream cigarette smoke aerosols were analyzed by ATOFMS and produced positive mass spectra with peaks at lower masses formed from the fragmentation of PAHs (97). Negative ions contained carbon clusters, CN -, and nitrate fragments.…”

Potential of laser mass spectrometry for the analysis of environmental dust particles—A review

“…Some papers dealing with the study of indoor particulate matter by real-time aerosol mass spectrometry have been recently published [147,148]. Yadav et al specifically investigated diluted and aged cigarette smoke and were able to detect PAH as well as nicotine [147], whereas Dall'Osto et al mainly focused their study on environmental tobacco smoke and were able to detect saline constituents [148].…”

“…Yadav et al specifically investigated diluted and aged cigarette smoke and were able to detect PAH as well as nicotine [147], whereas Dall'Osto et al mainly focused their study on environmental tobacco smoke and were able to detect saline constituents [148]. This demonstrates the power of AMS technique to identify particles from not only different source categories but also different specific sources.…”

Studies of aerosol at a coastal site using two aerosol mass spectrometry instruments and identification of biogenic particle types

“…Interactive Discussion EGU instrument uptake by the global scientific community is roughly 3 (TSI, personal communication). The TSI ATOFMS dataset is usually analysed by "query and search" methods, which assign each particle to groups predetermined by the user (Beddows et al, 2004;Dall'Osto et al, 2004;Yadav et al, 2004). This method requires much time and is strongly affected by the marker chosen to define a specific type of single particle mass spectrum.…”