TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Ortega Clavero, Valentin A1 - Weber, Jörg-Andreas A1 - Schröder, Werner A1 - Curticapean, Dan ED - Berghmans, Francis ED - Mignani, Anna G. T1 - Spectral analysis of bacanora (agave-derived liquor) by using FT-Raman spectroscopy T2 - Proceedings of SPIE : Optical Sensing and Detection IV N2 - The industry of the agave-derived bacanora, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, has been growing substantially in recent years. However, this higher demand still lies under the influences of a variety of social, legal, cultural, ecological and economic elements. The governmental institutions of the state have tried to encourage a sustainable development and certain levels of standardization in the production of bacanora by applying different economical and legal strategies. However, a large portion of this alcoholic beverage is still produced in a traditional and rudimentary fashion. Beyond the quality of the beverage, the lack of proper control, by using adequate instrumental methods, might represent a health risk, as in several cases traditional-distilled beverages can contain elevated levels of harmful materials. The present article describes the qualitative spectral analysis of samples of the traditional-produced distilled beverage bacanora in the range from 0 cm−1 to 3500 cm−1 by using a Fourier Transform Raman spectrometer. This particular technique has not been previously explored for the analysis of bacanora, as in the case of other beverages, including tequila. The proposed instrumental arrangement for the spectral analysis has been built by combining conventional hardware parts (Michelson interferometer, photo-diodes, visible laser, etc.) and a set of self-developed evaluation algorithms. The resulting spectral information has been compared to those of pure samples of ethanol and to the spectra from different samples of the alcoholic beverage tequila. The proposed instrumental arrangement can be used the analysis of bacanora. Y1 - 2016 SN - 0277-786X SS - 0277-786X U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228840 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228840 VL - 9899 SP - 98992T-1 EP - 98992T-8 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, Washington ER -