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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Regul Sci. 2016;2(2):94–105. doi: 10.18001/TRS.2.2.1

Table 6.

Ammonia and Toxic Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in SPECTRUM Cigarette Filler Tobacco

Product Code NH3 mg/g Be (µg/g) Cr (µg/g) Mn (µg/g) Co (µg/g) Ni (µg/g) As (µg/g) Se (µg/g) Cd (µg/g) Hg (µg/g) Pb (µg/g) U (µg/g)
NRC100 3.3 ± 0.2 0.016 ± 0.002 1.08 ± 0.08 153 ± 2 0.51 ± 0.07 1.76 ± 0.19 0.105 ± 0.008 0.077 ± 0.008 0.97 ± 0.05 0.0234 ± 0.0007 0.82 ± 0.07 0.028 ± 0.002
NRC101 3.4 ± 0.1 0.015 ± 0.002 0.89 ± 0.03 158 ± 3 0.49 ± 0.04 1.53 ± 0.08 0.105 ± 0.010 0.080 ± 0.012 0.96 ± 0.04 0.0237 ± 0.0007 0.64 ± 0.04 0.026 ± 0.004
NRC102 3.3 ± 0.1 0.018 ± 0.001 1.00 ± 0.15 154 ± 5 0.49 ± 0.03 1.61 ± 0.15 0.114 ± 0.012 0.072 ± 0.006 0.91 ± 0.04 0.0235 ± 0.0007 0.63 ± 0.03 0.027 ± 0.003
NRC103 3.7 ± 0.1 0.018 ± 0.002 0.94 ± 0.18 210 ± 9 0.57 ± 0.04 1.57 ± 0.13 0.104 ± 0.012 0.090 ± 0.007 1.00 ± 0.06 0.0209 ± 0.0004 0.57 ± 0.07 0.024 ± 0.001
NRC104 3.5 ± 0.2 0.017 ± 0.002 1.05 ± 0.16 197 ± 11 0.52 ± 0.04 1.67 ± 0.18 0.118 ± 0.009 0.080 ± 0.015 0.96 ± 0.04 0.0210 ± 0.0005 0.58 ± 0.03 0.025 ± 0.002
NRC105 3.3 ± 0.1 0.018 ± 0.002 0.98 ± 0.09 208 ± 5 0.58 ± 0.03 1.73 ± 0.13 0.109 ± 0.003 0.078 ± 0.008 0.98 ± 0.03 0.0217 ± 0.0004 0.59 ± 0.06 0.025 ± 0.001
NRC200 3.5 ± 0.1 0.017 ± 0.003 1.21 ± 0.13 222 ± 3 0.58 ± 0.05 1.73 ± 0.17 0.113 ± 0.010 0.087 ± 0.006 1.00 ± 0.02 0.0211 ± 0.0007 0.55 ± 0.05 0.025 ± 0.002
NRC201 3.4 ± 0.1 0.018 ± 0.002 1.21 ± 0.09 211 ± 5 0.58 ± 0.05 1.78 ± 0.23 0.116 ± 0.010 0.088 ± 0.013 1.03 ± 0.04 0.0218 ± 0.0007 0.61 ± 0.07 0.027 ± 0.001
NRC300 3.3 ± 0.1 0.017 ± 0.001 1.13 ± 0.12 196 ± 4 0.54 ± 0.02 1.65 ± 0.08 0.106 ± 0.003 0.083 ± 0.007 0.97 ± 0.04 0.0207 ± 0.0004 0.59 ± 0.05 0.027 ± 0.002
NRC301 3.4 ± 0.1 0.018 ± 0.002 1.17 ± 0.13 214 ± 7 0.59 ± 0.04 1.72 ± 0.14 0.107 ± 0.006 0.088 ± 0.011 0.99 ± 0.04 0.0209 ± 0.0005 0.57 ± 0.03 0.026 ± 0.001
NRC302 3.6 ± 0.2 0.018 ± 0.001 1.21 ± 0.11 206 ± 7 0.57 ± 0.04 1.79 ± 0.11 0.106 ± 0.007 0.069 ± 0.005 1.02 ± 0.01 0.0229 ± 0.0009 0.61 ± 0.01 0.027 ± 0.001
NRC400 3.1 ± 0.1 0.017 ± 0.001 1.29 ± 0.20 200 ± 4 0.53 ± 0.02 1.70 ± 0.15 0.116 ± 0.007 0.082 ± 0.014 1.02 ± 0.04 0.0214 ± 0.0007 0.53 ± 0.02 0.026 ± 0.001
NRC401 3.2 ± 0.2 0.019 ± 0.002 1.05 ± 0.04 190 ± 5 0.54 ± 0.05 1.53 ± 0.08 0.106 ± 0.008 0.074 ± 0.003 0.94 ± 0.03 0.0208 ± 0.0003 0.54 ± 0.03 0.027 ± 0.001
NRC402 3.2 ± 0.1 0.019 ± 0.003 1.33 ± 0.18 188 ± 6 0.51 ± 0.02 1.71 ± 0.11 0.116 ± 0.009 0.078 ± 0.009 0.94 ± 0.06 0.0203 ± 0.0002 0.57 ± 0.06 0.034 ± 0.004
NRC404 3.1 ± 0.2 0.019 ± 0.002 1.12 ± 0.09 196 ± 3 0.50 ± 0.01 1.60 ± 0.08 0.117 ± 0.012 0.079 ± 0.007 1.00 ± 0.06 0.0213 ± 0.0007 0.53 ± 0.02 0.031 ± 0.002
NRC405 3.2 ± 0.2 0.020 ± 0.002 1.11 ± 0.11 200 ± 5 0.51 ± 0.05 1.63 ± 0.07 0.118 ± 0.005 0.079 ± 0.006 0.99 ± 0.02 0.0208 ± 0.0006 0.59 ± 0.03 0.031 ± 0.001
NRC500 2.9 ± 0.1 0.018 ± 0.003 1.12 ± 0.03 196 ± 2 0.44 ± 0.03 1.35 ± 0.11 0.126 ± 0.008 0.073 ± 0.013 0.99 ± 0.05 0.0209 ± 0.0003 0.59 ± 0.03 0.032 ± 0.002
NRC501 2.8 ± 0.1 0.017 ± 0.002 1.34 ± 0.07 176 ± 3 0.47 ± 0.02 1.65 ± 0.07 0.121 ± 0.005 0.072 ± 0.007 0.97 ± 0.03 0.0206 ± 0.0004 0.54 ± 0.02 0.032 ± 0.003
NRC600 2.4 ± 0.1 0.014 ± 0.002 1.25 ± 0.08 180 ± 2 0.43 ± 0.03 1.58 ± 0.08 0.145 ± 0.005 0.067 ± 0.008 0.98 ± 0.06 0.0213 ± 0.0017 0.50 ± 0.01 0.031 ± 0.002
NRC601 2.7 ± 0.1 0.014 ± 0.001 1.14 ± 0.12 169 ± 6 0.41 ± 0.04 1.42 ± 0.11 0.143 ± 0.008 0.069 ± 0.010 0.95 ± 0.04 0.0203 ± 0.0014 0.45 ± 0.04 0.030 ± 0.002
NRC602 2.9 ± 0.1 0.016 ± 0.003 1.18 ± 0.12 209 ± 5 0.48 ± 0.04 1.54 ± 0.09 0.134 ± 0.008 0.064 ± 0.010 1.04 ± 0.07 0.0192 ± 0.0005 0.50 ± 0.01 0.031 ± 0.002
NRC700 2.2 ± 0.1 0.013 ± 0.001 1.17 ± 0.11 163 ± 5 0.36 ± 0.02 1.50 ± 0.10 0.168 ± 0.014 0.043 ± 0.008 1.08 ± 0.05 0.0181 ± 0.0005 0.43 ± 0.02 0.034 ± 0.003
NRC701 2.2 ± 0.1 0.013 ± 0.002 1.29 ± 0.10 171 ± 1 0.38 ± 0.01 1.64 ± 0.06 0.177 ± 0.009 0.048 ± 0.006 1.11 ± 0.05 0.0183 ± 0.0009 0.40 ± 0.01 0.036 ± 0.001

Table 6. Mean results ± standard deviation for quintuplicate analyses of SPECTRUM cigarette filler tobacco for 11 inorganic analytes (µg/g