Sprint - Protein Analyzer - Sprint vs Kjeldahl
CEM Corporation
| Which test would you rather use? | |
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Kjeldahl Method
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Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer
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Lower your chemical waste disposal costs and make your lab safer.
Be certain that your products are meeting your quality specifications, reduce your hazardous waste and make your lab safer with the award-winning Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer. Our environment-friendly, easy-to-use systems give you fast, accurate results you can depend on every time.
Accurate Results You Can Depend On
Be certain that your products are meeting your quality specifications, reduce your hazardous waste and make your lab safer with the award-winning Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer. Our environment-friendly, easy-to-use systems give you fast, accurate results you can depend on every time.
Accurate Results You Can Depend On
| Sample ID | Kjeldahl | Sprint |
| Non Fat Dry Milk Powder | 35.33 | 35.58 |
| Milk | 3.27 | 3.27 |
| Soy Milk, Chocolate Flavored | 2.08 | 2.12 |
| Chocolate Milk | 3.27 | 3.27 |
| Malt | 7.94 | 7.84 |
| NIST 1846 Infant formula | 11.17 | 11.14 |
| Bologna, Chicken and Pork Blend | 11.33 | 11.39 |
Sprint Pays for Itself
With its rapid test time and low cost per sample, Sprint can help you run your process at optimal conditions and lower your analysis, water usage and hazardous waste disposal costs. Less re-work because Sprint gives you a protein value soon enough for you to make a change to your process.
Use our payback calculators to help you find out how much Sprint can help you improve productivity.
Kjeldahl versus SPRINT™ Cost per Test Comparison The cost per test for the SPRINT™ is $3.55 and about 3 minutes per test. If a laboratory performs one Kjeldahl test per day the cost is $8.03, and if 20 tests are made per day, the cost is lower, $7.23. At 50 tests per day the cost is down to $6.83.
| Kjeldahl Method - Cost Per Test | ||||
| Amount per Test |
1 Test per Day |
20 Tests per Day |
50 Tests per Day |
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| NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide ) | 60ml | $0.66 | $11.91 | $28.13 |
| H2SO4 (Concentrated Sulfuric Acid) | 20 ml | $0.77 | $13.89 | $32.80 |
| Catalyst (Copper Sulfate) | 2 tablets | $1.13 | $20.31 | $47.96 |
| Weighing Paper | 1 sheet | $0.01 | $0.11 | $0.26 |
| Standard Hydrochloric Acid Solution, 0.2 N | 20 ml | $1.37 | $24.65 | $58.19 |
| Kel-Sorb (Boric Acid buffer solution with indicator) | 60 ml | $0.49 | $8.88 | $20.96 |
| Waste Cost | 200 ml | $3.60 | $64.80 | $153.00 |
| Total Cost Per Day | $8.03 | $144.55 | $341.31 | |
| Cost per Test | $8.03 | $7.23 | $6.83 | |
| Time to Analyze Samples | 3.2 hours | 5.5 hours | 13.5 hours |