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Determination of free and total sulfites in wine using an automatic flow injection analysis system with voltammetric
Luis Moreira Goncalves1, Joao Grosso Pacheco, Paulo Jorge Magalhaes
1REQUIMTE-Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal. luis.goncalves@fc.up.pt
Abstract:
An automated flow injection analysis (FIA) system, based on an initial analyte separation by gas-diffusion and subsequent determination by square-wave voltammetry (SWV) in a flow cell, was developed for the determination of total and free sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) in wine. The proposed method was compared with two iodometric methodologies (the Ripper method and a simplified method commonly used by the wine industry). The developed method displayed good repeatability (RSD lower than 6%) and linearity (between 10 and 250 mg l(-1)) as well as a suitable LOD (3 mg l(-1)) and LOQ (9 mg l(-1)). A major advantage of this system is that SO(2) is directly detected by flow SWV.
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