Methods for Agriculture, Food and Wine Testing

Agricultural assays
, including nutrient testing of KCL, Bray, Olsen, and Mehlich extracts, are frequently performed with Flow Injection Analysis.   This is especially true where the end user has a high throughput requirement of hundreds or even thousands of samples per day.   Smaller scale testing facilities also find FIA to be a highly economical choice.

The following links represent a sampling of available methods compatible with the FIAlab-2500/2600/2700 flow injection systems.  Please contact FIAlab for information on other available methods.  Variations to these methods have been developed for both lower and higher ranges than listed here. 


Analyte Matrix
Nitrate/Nitrite Fresh/Salt Waters, KCL Soil Extracts
Ammonia (Salicylate Method) Fresh/Salt Waters, KCL Soil Extracts
Ammonia (Gas Diffusion Method) Fresh/Salt Waters, Certain Extracts
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) Digested Samples
Ortho Phosphate Fresh/Salt Waters
Olsen Phosphate Sodium Bicarb (Olsen)  Soil Extracts
Bray Phosphate Bray Soil Extracts
Potassium Soil/Plant Extracts (using FIA and Flame Photometer)
Mehlich Phosphate Mehlich Soil Extracts
Total Phosphorus Digested Samples
Chloride Waters, Wastewaters, Plant Extracts
Boron Waters, Wastewaters, Soil KCL Extracts
Silicate Waters, Wastewaters, Plant Extracts
Sulfate Waters, Wastewaters, Soil KCL Extracts
Sulfite (DTNB method) Wines (may work with other types of samples)


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