Rapid and mobile determination of alcoholic strength in wine, beer and spirits using a flow-through infrared sensor

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ever since Gay-Lussac's time, the alcoholic strength by volume (% vol) has been determined by using densimetric measurements. The typical reference procedure involves distillation followed by pycnometry, which is comparably labo...

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Main Authors: Ansay Bob, Steiner Markus, Godelmann Rolf, Lachenmeier Dirk W, Weigel Jürgen, Krieg Gunther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:Chemistry Central Journal
Online Access:http://journal.chemistrycentral.com/content/4/1/5