EP3495554A1 - Rauchartikelpapierhülle mit amorphem magnesiumcarbonat - Google Patents

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EP3495554A1
EP3495554A1 EP17206022.0A EP17206022A EP3495554A1 EP 3495554 A1 EP3495554 A1 EP 3495554A1 EP 17206022 A EP17206022 A EP 17206022A EP 3495554 A1 EP3495554 A1 EP 3495554A1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/63—Inorganic compounds
    • D21H17/67—Water-insoluble compounds, e.g. fillers, pigments
    • D21H17/675—Oxides, hydroxides or carbonates
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/02—Cigars; Cigarettes with special covers
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H19/00—Coated paper; Coating material
    • D21H19/36—Coatings with pigments
    • D21H19/38—Coatings with pigments characterised by the pigments
    • D21H19/385—Oxides, hydroxides or carbonates
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H27/00—Special paper not otherwise provided for, e.g. made by multi-step processes

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  • This disclosure relates to smoking articles containing amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • this disclosure relates to smoking article wrappers containing amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate having a high surface area.
  • Combustible smoking articles such as cigarettes, typically have shredded tobacco (usually in cut filler form) surrounded by a paper wrapper forming a tobacco rod.
  • a cigarette is employed by a smoker by lighting one end of the cigarette and burning the tobacco rod. The smoker then receives mainstream smoke by drawing on the opposite end or mouth end of the cigarette, which typically contains a filter.
  • the filter is positioned to entrap some constituents of mainstream smoke before the mainstream smoke is delivered to a smoker and may contain activated carbon for adsorbing smoke constituents.
  • Some smoke (referred to as side stream smoke) also enters the environment around the cigarette without going through the filter.
  • Crystalline magnesium carbonate is a known filler in cigarette wrappers.
  • at least about 15 wt-% of crystalline magnesium carbonate is utilized as a filler in wrapper paper.
  • This high amount of magnesium carbonate either causes the total amount of fillers in the wrapper paper to be very high (e.g., above about 40 % by weight), or replaces some of the other inorganic fillers, such as calcium carbonate. Both the very high amount of fillers and replacing other fillers may negatively impact the characteristics of the cigarette.
  • a wrapper paper for a smoking article.
  • the wrapper includes an amorphous magnesium carbonate within the wrapping paper or disposed on a surface of the wrapping paper.
  • a smoking article includes a smokable material and the wrapper paper disposed about the smokable material.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate preferably is mesoporous and may be hygroscopic.
  • a wrapper for a smoking article includes paper comprising a cellulosic fiber sheet and amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper.
  • the wrapper for a smoking article may include paper and a first filler comprising calcium carbonate at about 25 % to about 35 % by weight of the paper, and a second filler comprising amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper.
  • the wrapper for a smoking article may include paper, and one or more fillers comprising amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 20 % by weight of the paper.
  • the fillers have a total concentration of about 15 % to about 40 % by weight of the paper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be disposed on a surface of the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be selectively disposed on a surface of the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be selectively patterned on the on a surface of the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be selectively absent from a portion or region of the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be selectively absent from a portion or region of the wrapper that circumscribes the filter of the smoking article.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be selectively disposed on an inner surface of the wrapper disposed about smokable material.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may have a high surface area (that is, a BET surface area) that may be greater than about 60 m 2 /g.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be porous.
  • the pore size of the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be characterized as generally microporous (about 2 nm or less) or generally mesoporous (about 2 nm to about 50 nm).
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate is preferably mesoporous.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may have a cumulative pore volume of at least about 0.018 cm 3 /g.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may have an average particle size of less than about 10 ⁇ m.
  • amorphous magnesium carbonate also referred herein as x-ray amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate
  • a wrapper for a smoking article may reduce the amount of side stream smoke without negatively impacting performance characteristics of the cigarette, such as appearance of ash, and taste and burning characteristics.
  • the amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate is effective at lower concentrations than crystalline magnesium carbonate, allowing the total amount of inorganic fillers to be kept low (that is, below typical levels of crystalline magnesium carbonate).
  • the amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate may be hygroscopic and absorb excess humidity or release contained water to maintain moisture levels within the smoking article.
  • the amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate may exhibit a light or white color that may match the color of a wrapper.
  • the amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate may be selectively disposed on one surface of the wrapper, as placing the amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate in regions in most need of this material, and reducing the overall amount utilized on the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may by generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by regulatory authority and be environmentally friendly.
  • BET surface area refers to specific surface area determined from a Brunauer-Emmet-Teller ("BET”) analysis of nitrogen adsorption isotherms.
  • x-ray amorphous refers to an amorphous material form that may be characterized using x-ray diffraction.
  • x-ray amorphous and “amorphous” are used here interchangeably.
  • X-ray amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate also called x-ray amorphous magnesium carbonate or amorphous magnesium carbonate here, is described in U.S. Patent No. US9,580,330 (Stromme et al. ).
  • hygroscopic refers to a material property of attracting and holding water molecules from the surrounding environment, usually at normal or room temperature. This may be achieved through either absorption or adsorption.
  • smoking article includes cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and other articles in which a smokable material, such as a tobacco is surrounded by a wrapper paper and is lit and combusted to produce smoke.
  • the term "smoke” is used to describe an aerosol produced by a smoking article.
  • An aerosol produced by a smoking article may be, for example, smoke produced by combustible smoking articles, such as cigarettes.
  • side stream smoke is used here to refer to smoke emitted from a smoking article that enters the air surrounding the smoking article directly without passing through the filter.
  • wrapper paper and “wrapper” are used here to refer to sheets of material that are used to wrap around at least a part of the smoking article, such as the smokable material, tobacco substrate, and the filter.
  • the wrapper may include paper made from cellulosic fiber sheet and fillers.
  • grammage is used to refer to the weight of a sheet material, for example, paper (such as wrapper paper), and is expressed in units of mass per (planar) surface area (such as, g/m 2 ).
  • filler is used here to refer to materials that may be used in various parts of the smoking article, such as in the wrapper or the smokable material.
  • the filler may be inert or may be intended to perform a function, such as absorbing or adsorbing constituents from smoke or from air surrounding the smoking article either during use (during smoking or consumption) or during storage.
  • upstream and downstream are relative terms, and are used here to refer to positions along the smoking article relative to the flow of air or smoke within the smoking article.
  • the upstream end of the smoking article is the lit end, and the downstream end of the smoking article is the mouth end.
  • a wrapper for a smoking article includes paper comprising a cellulosic fiber sheet and amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 5 wt-%.
  • a smoking article includes a smokable material and an optional filter downstream of the smokable material, and a wrapper surrounding at least a portion of the smokable material.
  • the wrapper includes one or more fillers containing amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may reduce the amount of side stream smoke without negatively impacting characteristics of the cigarette, such as appearance of ash and taste and burning characteristics.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate used in or on the wrapper may be hygroscopic and is able to physically adsorb water. Physical adsorption of water does not form hydrated forms of the amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate may physically adsorb at least about 0.6 mmol water/g, or at least 1 mmol water/gram, or at least 2 mmol water/gram, at a relative humidity of about 3 % at room temperature (about 27 °C) and 1 Atm (approximately 101 kPa).
  • the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate may physically adsorb at least about 1.5 mmol water per gram of amorphous magnesium carbonate, or at least 2 mmol water/gram, or at least 4 mmol water/gram, at a relative humidity of about 10 % at room temperature (about 27 °C) and 1 Atm (approximately 101 kPa).
  • the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate may physically adsorb at least about 10 mmol water/gram, or at least 15 mmol water/gram, or at least 20 mmol water/gram, at a relative humidity of about 90 % at room temperature (about 27 °C) and 1 Atm (approximately 101 kPa).
  • the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate may physically desorb or release the bound water either when the material is heated or when the relative humidity (surrounding the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate) is lowered.
  • the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate may physically desorb or release up to about 15 % wt, or up to about 20 % wt, or up to about 25 % wt of its bound water content when the relative humidity is lowered from 95 % to 5 % at room temperature (about 27 °C) and 1 Atm (approximately 101 kPa).
  • the amorphous and hygroscopic magnesium carbonate may absorb excess humidity or release contained water to maintain moisture levels within the smoking article.
  • BET analysis of surface area may be done using a N 2 adsorption isotherm at -196 oC obtained in a volumetric Autosorb-6B apparatus (available from Quantachrome Instruments in Boynton Beach, FL), generally as described in (i) Gregg SJ, Sing KSW, Adsorption, Surface Science and Porosity, Academic Press, New York (1982 ); (ii) Rouquerol F, Rouquerol J, Sing K, Adsorption by powders and porous solids. Principles, methodology and applications, Academic Press (1999 ); and (iii) Linares-Solano et al., Tanso 1998: 185:316-325 .
  • the specific surface area may be determined according to ISO 9277 (2010): Determination of the specific surface area of solids by gas adsorption - BET method. Methods for determining specific surface area of microporous materials (type I isotherms) provided in an annex of ISO 9277 (2010) may be particularly useful for determining specific surface area.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate material may be characterized utilizing various techniques well known in the art. Different suitable methods may be employed individually or in combination to confirm and quantify the amorphous magnesium carbonate content of the material. These methods include, but are not limited to, XPS (x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), Raman spectroscopy, XRD (x-ray diffraction), FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), NMR spectroscopy (nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy), ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry), EDS (energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy), TEM (transmission electron microscopy) ED (electron diffraction) and TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis).
  • XPS x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • Raman spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy
  • XRD x-ray diffraction
  • FTIR Frier transform infrared spect
  • Raman spectroscopy may be employed to reveal the presence of amorphous magnesium carbonate (by the presence of the so-called Boson peak at low wavenumbers which is characteristic for amorphous materials, and the distinctive carbonate peak at about 1100 cm -1 ).
  • XPS analysis may be employed to confirm the presence and determine the amount of magnesium carbonate in a material by first determining the magnesium carbonate content in the material by conducting an elemental analysis, and then performing a resolved spectrum analysis to distinguish between crystalline and amorphous magnesium carbonate (the electron binding energy in the magnesium 2s orbital of amorphous magnesium carbonate is expected to be about 90.7 eV, while the binding energy generally is expected to be about 91.5 eV or higher for crystalline magnesium carbonates).
  • XRD analysis may be employed for crystal phase determination of the constituents of a material.
  • XRD analysis may be used to quantify the amorphous magnesium carbonate content in relation to the crystalline content.
  • the presence of amorphous magnesium carbonate can be confirmed by XRD.
  • amorphous magnesium carbonate gives rise to either broad halos or noisy flat signals in the 2 ⁇ window between about 10° and about 20°, as well as between about 25° and about 40°, when the diffractometer uses CuKa radiation.
  • crystalline materials e.g., materials other than amorphous magnesium carbonate, including impurities or other elements introduced on purpose
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may have a BET surface area greater than about 60 m 2 /g, greater than about 100 m 2 /g, greater than about 240 m 2 /g, greater than about 350 m 2 /g, or greater than about 600 m 2 /g.
  • the BET surface area may be up to about 1500 m 2 /g, or up to about 1200 m 2 /g.
  • Preferably the BET surface area of the amorphous magnesium carbonate is as high as practically feasible.
  • the BET surface area may range from about 240 m 2 /g to about 1500 m 2 /g, or from about 600 m 2 /g to about 1500 m 2 /g.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate is porous.
  • the pore size of the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be characterized as generally microporous (pore diameter about 2 nm or less) or generally mesoporous (pore diameter about 2 nm to about 50 nm).
  • the pore diameter of at least about 98 % of the pores in the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be less than about 10 nm (nanometers), or less than about 6 nm.
  • the pores in the amorphous magnesium carbonate have a cumulative volume of pores.
  • the cumulative volume of pores with a diameter smaller than about 10 nm may be at least about 0.018 cm 3 /g, at least about 0.02 cm 3 /g, preferably at least about 0.4 cm 3 /g, and more preferably at least about 0.8 cm 3 /g.
  • the cumulative volume of pores with a diameter smaller than about 10 nm may be up to about 1.5 cm 3 /g, more preferably up to about 2 cm 3 /g, or most preferably up to about 3 cm 3 /g.
  • the pore size distribution and the cumulative volume of pores may be determined by density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the adsorption isotherm.
  • DFT density functional theory
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate in or on the wrapper may reduce the amount of side stream smoke emitted from the smoking article during smoking.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may reduce the amount of side stream smoke by, for example, adsorption of water and maintaining a low water content of the wrapper, thus resulting in improved combustion and reduced smoke.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may also reduce side stream smoke, or reduce the amount of components in the side stream smoke by binding, absorbing, or adsorbing smoke constituents such as formaldehyde and benzene.
  • Amorphous magnesium carbonate is available in various particle sizes.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate used in the wrapper may have an average particle size (e.g., diameter) of less than 10 micrometers, or preferably less than 5 micrometers, or more preferably less than 3 micrometers, and greater than about 100 nm.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate used in the wrapper may have an average particle size in a range from about 1 to 3 micrometers, or about 2 micrometers.
  • a parameter given as the "diameter” is a range based on the sizes of sieves through which a population of particles of amorphous magnesium carbonate may pass, with the smallest tested sieve through which all of the particles pass being the "maximum diameter,” and the largest tested sieve through which the particles do not pass being the "minimum diameter.”
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate material may be pure (that is 100 %) amorphous magnesium carbonate or may include crystalline magnesium carbonate to form a mixture of amorphous magnesium carbonate and crystalline magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be utilized as a pure material or may be combined with other material such as crystalline magnesium carbonate to form a mixture of amorphous and crystalline magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous and crystalline magnesium carbonate material may have at least about 10 % wt, or at least 25 % wt, or at least 50 % wt, or at least 75 % wt, or at least 90 % wt, or at least 99 % wt of amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous and crystalline magnesium carbonate material may have up to about 10 % wt, or up to 25 % wt, or up to 50 % wt, or up to 75 % wt, or up to 90 % wt, or up to 99 % wt crystalline magnesium carbonate material.
  • the amorphous and crystalline magnesium carbonate material may include from about 25 % to about 75 % wt amorphous magnesium carbonate, and from about 75 % to about 25 % wt crystalline magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous and crystalline magnesium carbonate material may include from about 75 % to about 99 % wt amorphous magnesium carbonate, and from about 1 % to about 25 % wt crystalline magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous and crystalline magnesium carbonate material may include from about 90 % to about 99 % wt amorphous magnesium carbonate, and from about 1 % to about 10 % wt crystalline magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may exhibit a light color or a white color.
  • the light or white color may provide or assist with maintaining visual aesthetics of the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may have a color that is similar to the color of the wrapper. This may be particularly advantageous when the amorphous magnesium carbonate is disposed on a surface or only a portion of the surface of the wrapper. The amorphous magnesium carbonate may be difficult to see and may blend in with the wrapper whether in or on the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be colored with a dye or pigment.
  • the dye or pigment preferably is a food grade dye or pigment.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be colored green, yellow, red, blue, orange or purple, or any shade thereof.
  • the wrapper may contain or include any useful amount of amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • the wrapper may contain amorphous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 20 % by weight of the paper, about 1 % to about 15 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 2 % to about 10 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 3 % to about 10 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 5 % to about 20 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 5 % to about 15 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 5 % to about 10 % by weight of the wrapper.
  • the wrapper includes amorphous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper, or from about 0.3 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper, or from about 0.5 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper, or from about 1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper. In some cases, the wrapper includes amorphous magnesium carbonate at about 5 % to about 20 % by weight of the paper, or from about 5 % to about 15 % by weight of the paper, or from about 5 % to about 10 % by weight of the paper.
  • the mass of amorphous magnesium carbonate in or on the wrapper of a single smoking article depends on the concentration of the amorphous magnesium carbonate in the wrapper and the size of the wrapper.
  • the amount of amorphous magnesium carbonate in or on the wrapper of a regular size smoking article may range from about 1 mg to about 50 mg, or from about 5 mg to about 35 mg, or from about 10 mg to about 20 mg.
  • a smoking article may have a diameter from about 5 mm and about 9 mm.
  • a regular size smoking article may have a diameter of about 8 mm.
  • the length of the wrapper may be from about 60 mm to about 110 mm.
  • the wrapper may also contain other adsorbents, absorbents, and fillers.
  • the wrapper may contain calcium carbonate or activated carbon.
  • the wrapper may contain up to 40 %, or up to 35 %, or up to 30 % calcium carbonate by weight of the paper. In one embodiment, the wrapper may contain from about 25 % to about 40 %, or from about 25 % to about 38 %, or from about 25 % to about 35 %, or about 30 %, calcium carbonate by weight of the paper.
  • the wrapper may include paper, and a first filler comprising calcium carbonate at about 25 % to about 35 % by weight of the paper, and a second filler comprising amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper.
  • the wrapper may include from about 0.1 % to about 5 % citrate by weight of the paper.
  • the total amount of fillers, adsorbents, and absorbents in the wrapper may be up to, or less than 40 wt %, up to 35 wt %, up to 30 wt %, up to 25 wt %, or up to 20 wt % by weight of the wrapper.
  • the total amount of fillers in the wrapper may be from about 20 % to about 40 % by weight of the paper, or from about 25 % to about 35 % by weight of the paper.
  • the wrapper may contain about 0.1 % to about 20 %, or about 0.1 % to about 5 %, amorphous magnesium carbonate by weight of the paper such that the fillers have a total concentration of about 15 % to about 40 %, or from 30 % to 40 %, by weight of the paper.
  • the wrapper may have any suitable grammage and porosity.
  • the wrapper may have a grammage from about 20 to about 45 grams per square meter (gsm), and a porosity of about 5 to about 350 Coresta units (CU).
  • gsm grams per square meter
  • CU Coresta units
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be applied to the wrapper by any useful method.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be embedded (or uniformly dispersed) in the wrapper by mixing the material with cellulosic pulp during the process of making the wrapper paper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be applied or disposed onto the surface of the wrapper. Any suitable application method may be used, including printing techniques, such as gravure, flexography, ink jet, or heliography; spraying; wetting; or immersion.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be applied to a surface of wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be applied uniformly along the surface(s), or may be applied selectively onto certain regions of the surface(s) of the wrapper.
  • amorphous magnesium carbonate may be deposited to form a uniform or non-uniform pattern on the surface of the wrapper, or may be applied to form a gradient along the surface of the wrapper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be selectively applied to one surface of wrapper, leaving the opposing surface substantially free of the amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • At least about 80%, or at least 90% of the total amount of amorphous magnesium carbonate may be disposed on the one surface (inner or outer) of the wrapper.
  • This one coated surface may preferably form an inner surface of the wrapper that is formed into a cylinder circumscribing an amount of tobacco.
  • the wrapper may be formed and then the amorphous magnesium carbonate is disposed onto one of the major surfaces of the wrapper forming a coated wrapper.
  • This coated wrapper may then be formed into a cylinder where the coated surface forms the inner surface of this this cylinder.
  • the inner surface forms or defines a smokable material cavity and the smokable material is disposed within the smokable material cavity.
  • the coated wrapper may be formed into a cylinder and wrapped about smokable material.
  • Smokable material (such as tobacco) may be surrounded by the coated inner surface.
  • Providing the coated inner surface close to the smokable material may provide advantages such as humidity control to the smokable material and enhanced side stream smoke mitigation, as compared to having the amorphous magnesium carbonate on only the outer surface or dispersed within the paper thickness.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate material is applied only to areas of the wrapper that surround the smokable material of a tobacco rod of a smoking article or onto a surface that is closest to the smokable material of the tobacco rod. In some of these embodiments, the amorphous magnesium carbonate material is not applied to areas of the wrapper that surround the filter element of a smoking article.
  • the smoking article 10 includes a rod 20.
  • the rod 20 may be a tobacco rod that includes smokable material, such as cut or loose tobacco material.
  • the smoking article 10 further includes a mouth end filter 30 that includes filtration material 32, or a plug of filtration material 32 such as cellulose acetate fibre tow or polylactic acid filter material.
  • the depicted smoking article 10 includes plug wrap 60 surrounding the filter element 32, a wrapper 40 surrounding the tobacco substrate, and tipping paper 50 joining the plug wrap 60 to the wrapper 40.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view that illustrates a smoking article 10.
  • the smoking article 10 includes a rod 20 wrapped in a wrapper 40.
  • the wrapper 40 includes amorphous magnesium carbonate material or particles 80.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate material or particles 80 may be dispersed throughout the wrapper 40.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate material or particles 80 may be embedded in the wrapper material, and/or may be disposed on the surface (for example, inner surface 41 or outer surface 42 ) of the wrapper 40.
  • Amorphous magnesium carbonate material or particles 80 may also be included in the plug wrap 60 or the tipping paper 50.
  • the wrapper includes amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate printed or disposed on the inner surface 41, the outer surface 42, or both, of the wrapper 40.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be printed or disposed on only the outer surface 42 of the wrapper 40. In one preferred embodiment, the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be printed or disposed on only the inner surface 41 of the wrapper 40.
  • the wrapper of the present disclosure includes one or more fillers containing amorphous magnesium carbonate.
  • the wrapper may be used to surround or contain smokable material of a tobacco rod of a smoking article.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be embedded into the paper of the wrapper, or printed or disposed, on one or both major surfaces of the wrapper.
  • the wrapper may be formed into a cylinder to round or contain smokable material of a tobacco rod of a smoking article.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be dispersed throughout the thickness of the paper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be disposed onto an outer surface of the paper wrapping or containing the smokable material.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be disposed onto an inner surface of the paper wrapping or containing the smokable material.
  • the total amount of fillers, adsorbents, and absorbents in the wrapper may be up to, or less than, about 40 wt %, about 35 wt %, about 30 wt %, about 25 wt %, or about 20 wt % by weight of the wrapper.
  • the wrapper may contain amorphous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 20 % by weight of the paper, about 1 % to about 15 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 2 % to about 10 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 3 % to about 10 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 5 % to about 20 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 5 % to about 15 % by weight of the wrapper, or from about 5 % to about 10 % by weight of the wrapper.
  • the wrapper includes amorphous magnesium carbonate at about 0.1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper, or from about 0.3 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper, or from about 0.5 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper, or from about 1 % to about 5 % by weight of the paper. In some cases, the wrapper includes amorphous magnesium carbonate at about 5 % to about 20 % by weight of the paper, or from about 5 % to about 15 % by weight of the paper, or from about 5 % to about 10 % by weight of the paper.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate material may be pure amorphous magnesium carbonate or may be a mixture of amorphous magnesium carbonate and crystalline magnesium carbonate.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate may have a BET surface area greater than about 60 m 2 /g, greater than about 100 m 2 /g, greater than about 240 m 2 /g, greater than about 350 m 2 /g, or greater than about 600 m 2 /g.
  • the BET surface area may be up to about 1500 m 2 /g, or up to about 1200 m 2 /g.
  • the amorphous magnesium carbonate used in the wrapper may have an average particle size of less than 10 ⁇ m, or preferably less than 5 ⁇ m, or more preferably less than 3 ⁇ m.
  • the cumulative volume of pores with a diameter smaller than about 10 nm in the amorphous magnesium carbonate may be at least about 0.018 cm 3 /g, at least about 0.02 cm 3 /g, preferably at least about 0.4 cm 3 /g, and more preferably at least about 0.8 cm 3 /g.
  • the cumulative volume of pores with a diameter smaller than about 10 nm may be up to about 1.5 cm 3 /g, more preferably up to about 2 cm 3 /g, or most preferably up to about 3 cm 3 /g.
  • a smoking article comprising the wrapper, described herein, is disposed about smokable material, the wrapper and smokable material forming a tobacco substrate.
  • the wrapper has an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining the smokable material cavity, the amorphous anhydrous magnesium carbonate may be disposed on the inner surface.

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