Abstract

Key upgrades to a previously developed CO2-Diode Laser Sensor (CO2-DLS) were done to monitor as accurately as possible the level of gas-phase CO2 in champagne glasses. The upgraded CO2-DLS allows to access a wide range of CO2 concentrations (10–100%). An additional set of mirrors with two pairs of galvanometer scanners was developed in order to provide simultaneous measurements of gas-phase CO2 concentrations in the whole glass headspace. During the five minutes after pouring, the CO2-DLS unambiguously unveiled horizontal homogeneity in the glass headspace in terms of gas-phase CO2 concentrations. Nevertheless, a strong vertical gradient of gas-phase CO2 was highlighted, with ever increasing CO2 concentrations ranging from approximately 15% to 50% while moving away from the glass edge to the champagne interface. This strong vertical gradient was found to persist during the five next minutes following the pouring process, but with ever decreasing CO2 concentrations as time elapses.

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