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  Determination of NDF

  Prepare chemicals for NDF

  Bottle 1 : 150 g sodium dodecyl sulfate + 50 ml Tri - ethylenglycol + 2 litter water

Bottle 2 : 93.05g EDTA + 34.05g sodium tetraborate + 1 litter water

Bottle 3 : 22.8g Disodium hydrogen phosphate + 1 litter water gently boiling and cool down

Bottle 4 = put 2 and 3 into 1 adiust until 5 litters and correct pH 6.9 - 7.0 it OK

  Principle

  Procedure

Weigh accurate 1 - 1.5g of the grinded sample into a beaker (600ml) or flask. Add 100 ml of NDF - solution and 2 ml of decalin.

Heat to boil and reflux for 60 minute

Place a previously tared glassfillter - crucible on the filtermaniflold. Transfer contents of beaker to the crucible while using low vacuum from the beginning. Rinse beaker with hot water and also the residue in the crucible with hit water. Rinse finally twice with acetone. Dry crucible at 105oC over night. Weigh out after cooling down in a desiccator. Ash at 500oC for 2 - 3 hours. Cool down in desiccator and weigh again.

 

                                          OS - DR

               % WL (DM) =  -------------- x 100

                                               OS

 

                                             Weigh after drying - Tare weight

   NDF (INCL ASH) % =  ------------------------------------ x 100

                                                   Sample weight

 

                                            Weigh after drying - weigh after ASH

NDF (EXCL ASH) % = --------------------------------------- x 100

                                                 Sample weight

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