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Main Title Chlorofluoromethanes: Their Thermal Stability in Passing through Cigarettes.
Author Hanst, Philip L. ; Spence, John W. ; Clay, Frank R. ;
CORP Author Environmental Sciences Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA/600/J-78/126;
Stock Number PB-299 459
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Gas analysis ; Thermal stability ; Chemical analysis ; Public health ; Decomposition ; Carbonyl compounds ; Infrared spectroscopy ; Halogen organic compounds ; Reprints ; Indoor air pollution ; Cigarettes ; Methane/chloro-difluoro ; Methane/fluoro-trichloro ; Air pollution detection ; Fourier transform spectroscopy
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NTIS  PB-299 459 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Tests have been carried out to determine whether chlorofluoromethanes in air are appreciably decomposed on passing through lighted cigarettes. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to see if CCl3F or CHClF2 might yield COCl2, COClF, or COF2. None of these decomposition products was seen, even though measurement sensitivity was high enough to reveal a conversion of one one-thousandth of the starting material. It is concluded that chlorofluoromethane pollutants in room air do not pose any greater health hazard to smokers than to non-smokers.