Total Organic Carbon (TOC) - Different Digestion Procedures May Affect the Results. A Comparison Among Three Different Techniques

Revital Rapoport, Aminolab, Ness Ziona, Israel (revitalr@aminolab.net)


Aminolab laboratories uses three different techniques of sample digestion before capturing the resulted carbon dioxide. A comparative study on aqueous samples with different natures was  performed, in order to evaluate the effect of the matrices and other factors that may affect digestion efficiency.