scholarly journals A MODIFIED KJELDAHL METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE NITROGEN CONTENT OF YEAST

1927 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo M. Christensen ◽  
Ellis I. Fulmer
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Kjeldahl Method

Determination of Nitrogen Content in Milk by the Kjeldahl Method Using Copper Sulfate: Interlaboratory Study

1988 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 893-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Grappin ◽  
William Horwitz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Copper Sulfate ◽  
Interlaboratory Study ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Relative Standard ◽  
Nitrogen Concentrations ◽  
Kjeldahl Method ◽  
Repeatability And Reproducibility

Abstract Copper sulfate was substituted for mercury as the catalyst in the International Dairy Federation (IDF) Standard 20A:1986 method for the determination of nitrogen content in milk. The substitution was supported by results obtained in an interlaboratory study by 24 laboratories in 12 countries. Each laboratory analyzed 12 test samples of milk as blind duplicates in a double split level design with high, medium, and low nitrogen concentrations. The method protocol requires the concurrent analyses of an ammonium salt solution and a tryptophan solution as internal quality control standards with a minimum nitrogen recovery between 99 and 100% for the former and at least 98% for the latter. The repeatability and reproducibility relative standard deviations are 0.5 and 1%, respectively, for the range 0.35-0.70 g N/100 g. The performance of the laboratories that did not meet the required quality control specifications was clearly poorer than that of those that did meet the specifications.

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