Fusel alcohol is key factor of dizziness caused by drink Chinese rice wine and it influence its quality seriously.This research established a method that using headspace gas chromatography with capillary column to determine the fusel alcohol content.The column is PEG-20,quantitative by external standard method.The method used was proved sensitive,accurate and rapid.The linear range is 0-1000mg/L,sample recoveries are higher than 96%and correlation coefficient higher than 0.9988,the relative standard deviation is between 1.09%-1.72%.The result shows that the lowest fusel alcohol is 152.8mg/L while the highest is 560.8mg/L among tested ten samples.The content of fusel alcohol in Chinese rice wine presented by type,dry
