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Analysis of Reconstituted Tobacco Products by Characterizing Morphological Properties of Major Structure Materials  

Sung Yong-Joo (KT&G Central Research Institute)
Han Young-Lim (KT&G Central Research Institute)
Kim Sam-Gon (KT&G Central Research Institute)
Kim Geun-Su (KT&G Central Research Institute)
Joo Jeon-Hyun (KT&G Central Research Institute)
Song Tae-Won (Tae-A Industrial CO., Ltd.)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science / v.27, no.2, 2005 , pp. 189-194 More about this Journal
Abstract
The morphological properties of various structure materials of domestic and foreign reconstituted tobacco products(RTP) were investigated by using the Bauer-McNett classifier and the image analyzer. The results of the fiber classification showed the fraction of the bigger size structure materials was larger in a domestic RTP than that in two foreign RTPs. In case of fine fraction, the domestic RTP had bigger fine fraction than two foreign RTPs. Images of each structure materials showed the scrap in the foreign RTPs kept the original shape which were rare in the domestic RTP fractions. Those results deduced that the raw materials in a foreign RTP process might be treated separately depending on the mechanical and morphological properties, which could reduce the amount of fine generation and increase the efficiency in raw material treatment.
Keywords
reconstituted tobacco; Bauer-McNett classifier; image analyzer; structure material; morphological property;
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