The invention relates to a
sulfur dioxide detecting method, in particular to a method for detecting
sulfur dioxide content in food by utilizing the
luminol chemiluminescence principle. In the method,
luminol is taken as a lighting agent,
oxygen in air is taken as an
oxidizing agent, a sulphurous acid root is taken as a sensitizing agent,
cobaltous sulfate is taken as a catalyst of a
luminol-air-sulphurous acid root
ion chemiluminescence system, and the concentration of the
sulfite can be determined in a way that the change of the total lighting intensity of the
system before and after sulfitesolution is determined, and the change is compared with that of the standard series, and furthermore, the
sulfur dioxide content in the food can be determined. According to the method, the stability is good, the measuring result is reliable, the using amount of reagents is less, the convenience and the rapidness are achieved, and the cost is low. The method in the invention is adopted to accurately determine the residual amount of
sulfur dioxide in
dried fruits, dried vegetables, silk noodles and other food.