Abstract:
The combustion improver in three kinds of cigarette paper were isolated and identified.The paper samples were extracted with twice deionized CO
2-free water.The extracts were heated and dried, then ground together with KBr, compressed into sheet, and identified by comparing its FTIR with that of standard samples of sodium tartrate, potassium sodium tartrate, potassium tartrate, and potassium acetate.The result showed that all of the analyzed combustion improver were sodium tartrate dihydrate (C
4H
4O
6Na
2·2H
2O).