Ammonia

Ammonia analysis is essential for understanding water quality, managing wastewater treatment, and monitoring ecosystem health. SEAL Analytical offers proven methods and instrumentation that eliminate labor intensive steps like manual distillation and ensure precise, reliable ammonia measurements in diverse sample types ranging from drinking water and wastewater to seawater, soil extracts, and industrial processes.

Why is Ammonia Analysis Important?

Ammonia analysis is a critical component of environmental water testing, nutrient analysis, and wastewater monitoring—fields where accurate, reliable data drives better decision-making. By measuring ammonia concentrations in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, environmental scientists and regulators can identify pollution sources, track nutrient runoff, and evaluate the health of aquatic ecosystems. In wastewater treatment plants, precise ammonia testing ensures compliance with environmental regulations, improves process efficiency, and safeguards water quality before it’s returned to the environment.

Beyond water analysis, ammonia measurement also informs agricultural and fertilizer management, helping farmers optimize nitrogen availability in soils and support healthier, more productive crops. In industrial water analysis, controlling ammonia content assists in maintaining efficient cooling systems, boiler water integrity, and safer discharge practices.

Ammonia analysis underpins a wide range of applications—from environmental sustainability and food production to industrial processing—making it an indispensable method in SEAL Analytical’s suite of automated nutrient testing solutions. To fully leverage these advantages and optimize your lab’s workflow, the next step is to explore how automating ammonia analysis can elevate accuracy, efficiency, and overall data quality.

What's the Automation Advantage?

1. Increased Accuracy: Achieve consistent, high-quality ammonia measurements with automated analyzers that efficiently handle large sample volumes—perfect for busy environmental laboratories and wastewater facilities aiming to optimize nutrient analysis.	2. High Throughput: Meet growing analytical demands by processing numerous samples quickly and precisely. Automated ammonia testing systems streamline workflows in environmental water testing, agricultural research, and industrial applications.
3. Reliable Data Quality: Benefit from low detection limits, excellent reproducibility, and reliable calibration for trustworthy results. Automated ammonia analysis helps meet regulatory standards, improves data integrity, and supports informed decision-making in areas like fertilizer management and wastewater treatment.	4. Reduced Labor and Hands-On Time: Automating ammonia sample preparation and measurement frees analysts from repetitive tasks, allowing them to focus on higher-value activities. This enhanced efficiency contributes to faster turnaround times, reduced costs, and more confident reporting throughout diverse testing environments.

SEAL's Expertise in Automated Ammonia Analysis

For over 60 years, SEAL Analytical has specialized in colorimetric, automated nutrient testing - with ample methodology on both continuous flow analyzers and discrete analyzers. Starting from the original Technicon AutoAnalyzer in 1957, our chemists have refined methods that meet international regulatory standards, and our global support teams provide training, application advice, and service to ensure smooth instrument operation. We have worked closely with leading seawater researchers and oceanographic institutions to bring the lowest possible detection limits to our AutoAnalyzer line, including fluorometric methods for ultra-low detection levels. With SEAL, you benefit from decades of methodological development, real-world experience, and dedicated technical backing.

Key Ammonia Methods and Features

SEAL Analytical’s expertise in ammonia analysis covers a wide range of officially approved methods, providing unmatched support for environmental water testing, wastewater analysis, nutrient monitoring, and beyond. Commonly requested standards include:

For methods requiring distillation, our continuous flow analyzers—such as the QuAAtro39 and AA500 AutoAnalyzers—offer inline gas diffusion and inline distillation as approved, time-saving alternatives to manual distillation. These robust automated systems also deliver advanced fluorometric ammonia methods with extremely low detection limits, making them ideal for demanding applications like seawater research. In addition, inline dialysis is easily integrated, providing an automated, reproducible approach to sample pre-dilution and efficient cleanup for challenging matrices like wastewater and soil extracts.

Beyond ammonia detection, SEAL Analytical’s discrete analyzer and continuous flow analyzer product lines support an array of automated processes, including dilution, auto-calibration, automatic QC insertion, and the sequential or simultaneous analysis of multiple parameters. By combining these powerful features with regulatory-approved methods, SEAL Analytical ensures your lab’s ammonia analysis is not only compliant and efficient, but also capable of delivering consistently precise, high-quality results.

Compare our Analyzers

Explore the capabilities of each of our product lines below. Our analyzers and robotic systems are capable of analyzing a wide variety of analytes on a single platform. Select a product line to learn more about the capabilities of each system.