DETERMINATION OF TOTAL SOIL AND PLANT NITROGEN USING A MICRODISTILLATION UNIT IN A CONTINUOUS-FLOW ANALYZER

被引:46
作者
MCLEOD, S
机构
[1] CSIRO Division of Soils, Glen Osmond, 5064 SA
关键词
CONTINUOUS FLOW; MICRODISTILLATION; NITROGEN;
D O I
10.1016/0003-2670(92)85285-E
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A procedure for the automated determination of soil and plant nitrogen from Kjeldahl digests has been proposed. The continuous flow system involved the use of a unique micro-distillation unit followed by colourimetric detection of the pure ammonium chloride distillate. Optimisation of the indophenol reaction is shown together with a standard manual procedure for comparison. Interference-free determinations may be carried out at a minimum of 30 samples h-1 and the system has proved to be most reliable for routine analysis.
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