General Description; Performance - Labconco RapidStill I User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

General Description

The Labconco RapidStill I is designed expressly for rapid, semi-automatic steam
distillation from sulfuric acid digest prepared from nitrogen-bearing materials
such as feeds, grains, soils, plant tissue, water effluent, organic waste food
products, etc. Sample digestions are accomplished utilizing either Labconco's
Digestion Apparatus or Rapid Digestor units.

Performance

Your Labconco RapidStill I has been designed to accept digested samples up to
4 ml (maximum) equivalent of concentrated acid, and is capable of giving
reproducible results in ranges as low as 10 micrograms (gamma) #1% nitrogen.
The RapidStill I may also be utilized for other steam distillations that DO NOT
exceed the volume limitations of the units mixing chamber (approximately 50 to
55 ml).
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