ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE
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Abstract
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element is formed of a carbon or graphite foam.
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41 Claims
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21. An electronic vaping device comprising:
an integral heater-wick element configured to draw a pre-vapor formulation from a supply region and to heat the pre-vapor formulation, the integral heater-wick element including a foamed carbon, the foamed carbon having a density of about 0.1 to 1.0 g/cc and an open porosity of at least about 90%. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of producing a vapor in an electronic vaping device, comprising:
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drawing a pre-vapor formulation from a supply region with an integral heater-wick element, the integral heater-wick element including a foamed carbon, the foamed carbon having a density of about 0.1 to 1.0 g/cc and an open porosity of at least about 90%; and heating the pre-vapor formulation from the supply region with the integral heater-wick element to produce a vapor. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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