Determination of Alcohol Content in Alcoholic Beverages Using 45 MHz Benchtop NMR Spectrometer

Figure 4

¹H NMR spectra of alcoholic products acquired with a 45 MHz instrument (left) as neat samples and with a 400 (right) MHz NMR spectrometer of the sample dissolved in D₂O. (a, b) Smirnoff vodka; (c, d) Dr. McGillicuddy’s root beer liqueur. OH peak in ethanol overlaps with the water peak.

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