Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material

A method of manufacturing a product comprising a heater for use in heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the method comprising:

• determining a maximum temperature to which a heater is to be heated in use;
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• providing a heater comprising first and second portions of heating material, wherein both portions of the heating material are heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, and wherein the first and second portions of heating material have different Curie point temperatures and each of the first and second portions have a Curie point temperature selected on the basis of the determined maximum temperature;
• wherein the method comprises forming an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus comprising a heating zone for receiving an article comprising smokable material, the heater for heating the heating zone, and a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the heating material;
• and
• wherein a maximum temperature to which the heater is heatable by penetration with the varying magnetic field in use is exclusively determined by a higher of the Curie point temperatures of the first and second portions of the heating material.

An apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus comprising:

• a heating zone for receiving an article comprising smokable material;
• a heater for heating the heating zone, wherein the heater comprises first and second portions of heating material that are heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field and which have different Curie Point temperatures;
• and
• a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the first and second portions of heating material;
• wherein a maximum temperature to which the heater is heatable by penetration with the varying magnetic field in use is exclusively determined by a Curie point temperatures of the first and second portions of heating material.

A system, comprising:

• an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material;
• and
• an article for use with the apparatus, wherein the article comprises smokable material;
• wherein the apparatus comprises:
• a heating zone for receiving the article,
• a heater for heating the smokable material when the article is in the heating zone, wherein the heater is formed of first and second portions of heating material that are both heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, and
• a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the first and second portions of heating material;
• wherein a maximum temperature to which the heater is heatable by penetration with the varying magnetic field in use is exclusively determined by a higher of a Curie point temperature of the first and second portions of heating material.