sample="quota" bates="509735577" isource="rjr" decade="1990" class="ui" date="19930526" AUTHOR: Denise S. Moore DATE: May 26, 1993 Department: Technical Support NOTEBOOK PAGES: 443758 DIVISION: Analytical Chemistry NO. OF PAGES: 1 ACD DSM 1993, 217 PREVIOUS REPORTS: none CLIENT: Dinah Myers DIVISION: Quality Assurance PROGRAM: Service to Quality Assurance 0803 MANHOURS: 2 FTIR ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMER COMPLAINT 93-68 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify the composition of the foreign matter. SUMMARY: Customer Complaint 93-68 was from David Threinen from Houston, TX. The consumer said he found "lint" in a cigarette. The cigarette was a SEBRING LIGHT 100. The light blue fuzz was examined under the optic microscope and was determined to be fibers. The fibers were analyzed by FTIR. FTIR identified the fibers as polyethylene terephtalate or mylar. STATUS: This study is complete. KEYWORDS: FTIR ANALYSIS 93-217 CUSTOMER COMPLAINT FM 93-68 DAVID THREINEN LINT FIBERS POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE MYLAR SEBRING LIGHTS 100