How to Achieve Low Detection and Quantification Limits for the Nitrogen Determination with Kjeldahl
2 Feb 2011This application note indicates that the best results were obtained by using 2% boric acid with 3g potassium chloride per liter. A titration solution of 0.005 M HCl worked best. With these parameters, detection limits for distillation of standard solutions as low as 0.008 mg nitrogen and quantification limits of 0.02 mg nitrogen can be achieved.
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KjeldahlKjeldahl is an analytical chemistry technique for the quantitation of nitrogen in chemical substances. Applications of Kjeldahl include analyzing the protein content of food, nitrogen analysis in environmental sciences and the pharmaceutical industry and total kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate and ammonia analyses in agricultural sciences.