Study on rapid determination method of iron content in animal-source feed materials
The study aimed to establish a method for the rapid detection of iron content in animal-source feed materials using spectrophotometry.Two spectrophotometric methods(the phenanthroline method and the potassium thiocyanate method)were used to detect iron in the ash of animal-source feed materials.The results showed that the test determined that the iron in the raw material exists in the form of Fe3+,and the potassium thiocyanate method was selected as the detection method for the subsequent test.The optimal conditions for the optimized potassium thiocyanate method were as follows:Ashing time of 3.5 hours,detection wavelength of 480 nm,volume of potassium thiocyanate solution 1.0 mL,color development time of 10 minutes,and color development temperature of 30 ℃,with no need to avoid light during the color development process.Under these parameters,the standard curve has a good linear relationship in the range of 1~20 mg/L(R2>0.999 0),with the equation y=0.071 5x+0.009(R2=0.999 4).The potassium thiocyanate method had good stability,high accuracy,and strong resistance to interference,with a relative standard deviation of 1.03%~2.05%within batches,and the recovery rate of 98.02%~101.03%for six batches of chicken meal samples spiked with iron.Na+,K+,and Ca2+at concentrations 10 to 50 times that of Fe3+did not interfere with the detection of Fe3+content,making it feasible to replace atomic absorption spectrophotometry for rapid detection.The two methods were used to simultaneously determine the iron content in 11 types of animal-source feed materials samples,with no significant difference in results(β>0.05).The study indicates that the potassium thiocyanate method established in the experiment can be used for the rapid detection of iron content in animal feed ingredients for pet food.
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