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Kjeldahl

Kjeldahl

Kjeldahl nitrogen determinations are performed on a variety of food substances. The Kjeldahl method may be broken down into three main steps: digestion, distillation, and titration.

1. Digestion: is accomplished by boiling a homogeneous sample in concentrated sulphuric acid. The end result is an ammonium sulphate solution.

2. Distillation: excess base is added to the digestion product to convert the ammonium salt to ammonia.

3. Titration: the amount of nitrogen in a sample can be calculated from the quantified amount of ammonia in the receiving solution. The ammonia is captured either with a carefully measured excess of a standardised acid solution (back titration) or a boric acid solution (direct titration)