Multi-elemental analysis of wine samples using ICP-OES and ICP-MS methods. Anthropogenic gadolinium in wine

Abstract

The study presented in this article has been focused on developing a method for elemental analysis of wine samples. A wide sample set of 200 wines contained white, rosé and red still wines; the wine vintages being 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. Samples were taken from wine festivals in Pardubice and Hradec Králové and private wineries in the Czech Republic. The analysis was performed using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS); the determined elements being As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Ce, Co, Cu, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Gd, Ho, K, La, Lu, Mg, Mn, Na, Nd, Ni, P, Pb, Pr, S, Sm, Sr, Tb, Tm, Y, Yb, and Zn. The data obtained were processed statistically and the Sr/Ba, Sr/Ca and Sr/Mg ratios were determined as potential indicators for the identification and classification of the wine origin. The existence of the so-called gadolinium anomaly for selected wine samples was investigated as evidence of the presence of anthropogenic gadolinium.