Dumas method
Método Dumas
- Date
- 1826 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Jean-Baptiste Dumas
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
The Dumas method is an elemental analysis technique for the quantitative determination of nitrogen in chemical substances, now automated and used as the standard for measuring protein content in food.
What it led to
- quantitative determination of protein in food
- gradual replacement of the Kjeldahl method
- automation of elemental analysis in analytical chemistry
- nutritional labeling standards