| Abstract: | Nitrogen in organic samples may be determined on a routine basis after combustion in elemental analyzer instruments. If elementary copper is used in the reduction column, it will be oxidized to copper(II) oxide by passing oxygen and nitrogen oxides. Instead of changing the reduction column it is possible to regenerate the copper(II) oxide to elemental copper with hydrogen gas without removing the column from the oven. A modification of the original instrument and procedure is described. In this method, the capacity of the column will decrease after regeneration, but time and chemical costs will be saved. |
