PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Arthur Caputi, Jr. AU - Masao Ueda TI - The Determination of Copper and Iron in Wine by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry AID - 10.5344/ajev.1967.18.2.66 DP - 1967 Jan 01 TA - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture PG - 66--70 VI - 18 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/18/2/66.short 4100 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/18/2/66.full SO - Am J Enol Vitic.1967 Jan 01; 18 AB - A Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrophotometer, model 303, equipped with a digital concentration readout device, was used to analyze wines for copper and iron by direct aspiration into the burner. Analyses done in this manner and corrected for the effect of ethanol and dissolved solids compare favorably to samples analyzed after wet-ashing. The degree of recovery from wines of added amounts of copper and iron indicate the method is relatively interference-free.