Investigation of the release of volatile organic compounds of second hand cigarette smoke from fabrics

CHED 189

Janessa Hartmann, janessa_hartmann@ecats.gcsu.edu1, Rebecca Miller, rebecca_miller1@ecats.gcsu.edu2, Lisa Ann Buttitta, lisa_buttitta@ecats.gcsu.edu3, Heather Haramut, heather_haramut@ecats.gcsu.edu3, and Catrena H. Lisse, catrena.lisse@gcsu.edu4. (1) Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Georgia College and State University, CBX 81, Milledgeville, GA 31061, (2) Department of Chemistry & Physics, Georgia College & State University, CBX 082, Milledgeville, GA 31061, (3) Department of Chemistry and Physics, Georgia College and State University, CBX 82, Milledgeville, GA 31061, (4) Department of Chemistry and Physics, Georgia College & State University, CBX 082, Milledgeville, GA 31061
Undergraduates from the chemistry department of Georgia College & State University have built a smoking machine to investigate the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from second hand smoke of cigarettes. The undergraduates have analyzed the VOCs that are absorbed on various types of fabrics (cotton, fleece, polyester, and muslin) after being exposed to the cigarette smoke. The headspace from the fabrics in sealed containers has been analyzed using a solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) fiber coupled with gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The results from this research will be presented in this presentation.
 

Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Analytical Chemistry
2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Chemical Education

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006