BS ISO 21160:2018

This standard BS ISO 21160:2018 Cigarettes. Determination of selected carbonyls in the mainstream smoke of cigarettes. Method using high performance liquid chromatography is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.160 Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

This document specifies a method for the determination of selected carbonyls (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone, acrolein, propionaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, 2-butanone and n-butyraldehyde) as their 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones in mainstream smoke using reversed phase HPLC-UV/DAD.

This method is applicable to cigarettes with nicotine-free dry particulate matter (NFDPM) yields between 1 mg/cigarette and 15 mg/cigarette using reversed phase HPLC-UV/DAD.