Metrohm DropSens has released a comprehensive laboratory teaching kit focused on the determination of L-lactic acid in wine samples.
Electrochemistry teaching & application kit focused on the determination of L-lactic acid in wine samples
Lactate detection is of great importance in a wide variety of areas including the wine industry. In the production of wine, the process of malolactic fermentation (where the conversion of malic acid into lactic acid leads to a decrease in the overall acidity of wine) is widely used. The continuous monitoring of the levels of lactic acid during fermentation constitutes an important wine quality test.
These practical kits allow students with or without electrochemical experience to complement their academic programs by an inquiry-based learning on research experiences.
The kit contains:
- The Professor’s Manual: theoretical and practical guidance at specific electrochemical methods and more extended information about the experiments. It has the figures corresponding to voltammograms, regression curves, optimised parameters, etc.
- The Student’s Manual: a brief explanation about the analyte and an outline of the experiment. Students are guided through the different steps to develop an analytical method: prepare the standard solutions, apply certain method to do the electrochemical characterisation, optimise the different parameters in a measurement and choose the best ones to develop the method for the analyte quantification.
- Screen printed electrodes to undertake the sessions and analyte samples in the needed kits.
