Citation

Sprung R, Ruedell E, Bonte W, Frauenrath C. Proc. Int. Counc. Alcohol Drugs Traffic Safety Conf. 1982; 1982: 186-196.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, The author(s) and the Council, Publisher International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety)

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Abstract

With the help of their congener contents it is possible to distinguish between alcoholic beverages. The authors attempted to determine how the aliphatic alcohols, which are absorbed after the consumption of beverages rich in congeners, are eliminated. Within the scope of consumption experiments with synthetic beverages breath samples have been analysed. From the first series of experiments it was found that distinct, clearly detectable congener concentrations can only be expected during the first two hours after the end of consumption. From further experiments it is determined that an incontestable identification of beverage type is no longer possible after ten minutes. Also, there is no quantitative relationship between the amount consumed and the congeners in the breath. Thus the authors do not present a technically perfected method of beverage type determination by means of breath analysis.