Cg. Johansson, DETERMINATION OF TOTAL NITROGEN IN BARLEY AND MALT BY COMBUSTION METHOD - COLLABORATIVE TRIAL, Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 102(4), 1996, pp. 249-250
A combustion method, relying on the Dumas principle, for the determina
tion of total nitrogen in barley and malt, has been collaboratively te
sted by the Analysis Committee of the European Brewery Convention. Rep
eatability, r(95), and reproducibility. R(95), values were 0.063 and 0
.116% of dry matter. respectively. for samples with nitrogen contents
in the range 1.23 to 1.86% hi of dry matter. There was no significant
difference between these values for barley and malt. The Analysis Comm
ittee approved the adoption of the combustion method for inclusion in
Analytica EBC as an alternative method.