Chromium(III), Cr(VI) and Cr total were analyzed in one hundred and four (104) white, pink and red commercial brazilian wines. Atomic Absorption Spectrometric with Graphite Furnace was used for the analysis. Herquat 464 (Aliquat 336), a mixture of methyl trycaprillyl ammonium chioride (CH3N[(CH2)7CH3]3Cl-) with alkyl groups of C8 - C10 chains, was used as a transfer phase catalizer. Mean values (ug/l) found in white, pink and red wines were respectively: Cr(III): 11.02, 12.53 and 8.06; Cr(VI): 8.81, 26.56 and 5.94; Cr total: 18.14, 39.08 and 14.00.
Wines; Total Chromium; Chromium(III); Chromium(VI)
