Determination of dissolved organic nitrogen in seawater using Kjeldahl digestion after inorganic nitrogen removal
نویسنده
چکیده
RÉSUMÉ M. D. DOVAL *,Fernando FRAGA and Fiz F. PEREZ Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo (CSIC), Eduardo Cabello, 6, E-36208 Vigo, Spain. * Corresponding author. E-mail:[email protected] Received 15/02/96, in revised form 04/12/96, accepted 16/01/97. An update of the Kjeldahl method is presented for the direct determination of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in seawater. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen is previously removed: ammonium as NH3 with NaOH at pH 9.4; and, subsequently, nitrate and nitrite as nitric' oxide with FeS04 in acid medium. The sample is then mineralized to ammonium, which is measured with a Technicon autoanalyzer by the indophenol blue method. The range of recovery for tested standard compounds is similar to those obtained by high temperature oxidation (HTO) techniques. Direct determination of DON by the method described in this work marks an improvement in precision, in comparison with other methods ; the standard deviation obtained for samples of seawater is ± 0.2 J.Lmol.l-1• The precision of DON measurements is not dependent on dissolved inorganic nitrogen analysis. For severa! stations in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, DON values ranged between 3 and 10 JLmol.l-1• Mesure de l'azote organique dissous dans l'eau de mer par la méthode de Kjeldahl, après élimination de l'azote inorganique. La méthode de Kjeldahl a été modifiée pour réaliser la mesure directe de l'azote organique dissous (NOD) dans l'eau de mer. Les composés inorganiques dissous dans l'échantillon sont préalablement éliminés comme suit: l'ammonium, en rendant le milieu basique avec de la soude; le nitrate et le nitrite, en les transformant en oxyde nitrique par le FeS04 en milieu acide. L'échantillon est ensuite minéralisé pour transformer le NOD en ammonium dont la concentration est déterminée sur un AutoAnalyseur Technicon. La récupération des produits standard est identique à celle obtenue par des techniques d'oxydation à haute température. La détermination du NOD par cette méthode est améliorée car elle ne dépend plus de la mesure des concentrations en azote minéral comme dans les autres méthodes. L'écart-type est d'environ ±0,2 J.Lmol.l-1 pour des échantillons d'eau de mer. Les concentrations, mesurées par cette technique à plusieurs stations de l'océan Atlantique NE, varient de 3 à 10 J.Lmol.l-1• Oceanologica Acta, 1997, 20, 5, 713-720.
منابع مشابه
Determination of total nitrogen in aqueous samples using persulfate digestion
Determination of total nitrogen in aqueous samples after potassium persulfate digestion compared favorably in both precision and nitrogen recovery with determinations obtained using Kjeldahl digestion. The determination of total nitrogen (TN = inorganic and organic fixed nitrogen) has largely depended either on acid Kjeldahl digestion ( cf. Strickland and Parsons 1972) or on photo-oxidation (Ar...
متن کاملImprovement of the wet-oxidation procedure for simultaneous determination of particulate organic nitrogen and phosphorus collected on filters
A new digestion technique is presented for simultaneous analysis of particulate organic nitrogen (PON) and particulate organic phosphorus (POP) collected on filters. This method is based on a standard persulfate digestion procedure at 120°C and adapted from a former method for the simultaneous determinat~on of total nitrogen and total phosphorus in natural waters. Comparisons 1~1th usual method...
متن کاملSimultaneous determination of dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved nitrogen in seawater by high temperature catalytic oxidation: conditions for precise shipboard measurements
Appropriate conditions have been achieve d for the accurate, rapid, and highly precise shipboard simultaneous determination of dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved nitrogen in seawater by high tem perature catalytic oxidation. A nitrogen-specific Antek 705D chemiluminescence detector and a CO 2-specific LiCor Li6252 IRGA have been coupled inseries with a Shimadzu TOC-5000 organic carbon...
متن کاملEvaluation of Kjeldahl Digestion Method
The evaluation of the Kjeldahl digestion method was investigated by comparing measured values of total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium using three salt and catalyst mixture in Standard Kjeldahl digestion method and Salicylic acid Modification method with certified values of plant material as well as comparison was made for determination of total nitrogen from steam distillation method verses...
متن کاملA Rapid Automated System for the Analysis of Dissolved Total Organic Nitrogen in Aqueous Solutions
-An automated system for the analysis of dissolved organic nitrogen has been developed and applied to natural waters. It is based on subjecting sample to u.v. irradiation followed by a heterogeneous reduction of the nitrogen containing irradiation products to ammonia which is detected by an ammonia gas sensing probe. Quantitative recoveries of different organic nitrogen compounds common to natu...
متن کامل