AN71410: Ion Chromatography: A Versatile Technique for the Analysis of Beer (Part A: Carbohydrate Analysis)

Instrument Type: IC

This document describes the use of ion-exchange or ion-exclusion chromatography for the determination of five classes of compounds in beer, including carbohydrates, alcohols, organic acids, inorganic anions, and inorganic cations. Although many of these constituents can be determined individually using unrelated analytical techniques, reduced analysis time and equipment costs can be realized by using one instrument with multi-species capability. This part of the work deals with the carbohydrate determination which uses pulsed amperometry determination. This was formerly Dionex AN46.