Re: removing ethanol from wine

Dear john:

<john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I want to remove ethanol from wine by heating it.

Won't work.

> How long and at what temperature should I heat it?

Won't matter.

> Is there a test which can be used to determine
> how much ethanol remains?

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and water are an "azeotrope". At some
concentration, the water and alcohol boil off at the same rate.
http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/chem/dolchem/html/comp/ethanol.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol
.... but check this one...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotropic_distillation

Others may have ideas on how to determine how much alcohol
remains in your water. What kinds of tools/supplies did you have
in mind to do this with.

Turning wine into water, are we?

David A. Smith


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