PL
Porównano chemiczną, instrumentalną i wskaźnikową metodą oznaczania zawartości azotanów w świeżych warzywach, zróżnicowanych w poziomie tych związków między 10 a 4000 mg N-NO3/kg. Stwierdzono bardzo wysoką korelację rzędu 0,99 między metodą zalecaną w normie PN-92/A-75112 (zmodyfikowana metoda kolorymetryczna wg Griessa) a metodą potencjometryczną. Metoda wskaźnikowa, chociaż powtarzalna, pozwala tylko na zakwalifikowanie warzyw do dość szerokich przedziałów zawartości azotanów.
EN
Colorimetric analysis using direct reduction with cadmium as described in Polish Standard PN-92/A- 75112 was selected as the reference method. The Potentiometrie method using Mettler Toledo ion-selective nitrate electrode and the trace method using Merckquant (Merck) test papers were compared with it. The test material comparised 16 vegetables classified into 3 categories (leaf, fruit, root) harvested from an experimental plantation. They were grown and fertilized according to standard agricultural procedures. The level of nitrates (N-NO3), as determined by the chemical method, ranged from 12 to 3945 mg/kg of the product. Eight samples were used to test each vegetable species by each method. For the chemical method, by maximum deviation from the average was -6% and +6%, while the corresponding value for the Potentiometrie method was -6% and +4%. In spite that for 11 species a statistically significant difference at p=0.01 was shown to occur between the results of the chemical and Potentiometrie determinations, the difference between those methods was within 6% in 10 cases, within 10% in 6 cases, and higher than 10% only in 2 species, the Potentiometrie result being always higher. The correlation coefficient of almost 0,999 confirms a high agreement between the results obtained by the Potentiometrie and the chemical method. The test papers yielded consistent results; however, they made it possible merely to include the individual vegetables into one of the nitrate nitrogen-content ranges of 0-100, 50-150, 200-500, 500-1000, 1000-2000 and 2000-5000 mg/kg.