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VERI-FRY® TEST Cost Comparison 


Cost Comparison (US $) Official Lab Procedures vs. VERI-FRY® Rapid Tests*

In-House Laboratory

Rapid

VERI-FRY®

FFA, TPM or WET

Free

Fatty

Acids

Total

Polar

Materials

Water

Emulsion

Titratables

Requirements

Disposable

Rapid Test

Titration

Method

Column

Chromatography

Titration

Method

(Consumables)  

       

Solvent

-

0.79

1.58

0.79

Standard Titrant

-

0.30

-

0.30

Silica Packing

(Test Vial)  $3.00

-

6.00

-

Misc. Materials

-

0.10

0.13

0.12

Clean-up

-

0.06

0.30

0.06

(Equipment Costs)

 

 

 

 

Hot Plate/Stirrer/Warmer

0.23

0.18

-

0.18

Roto-Evaporator

-

-

0.42

-

Beaker/Flask/Funnels

-

0.18

0.24

0.18

Class "A" Buret/Column

-

0.42

0.18

0.42

Spectrophotometer

0.55

-

-

-

(Labor Estimates)

 

 

 

 

Sample Preparation

1.70

1.03

2.05

1.02

Method Preparation

-

0.86

29.93

1.37

Analysis Time

0.30

1.71

11.97

2.05

Calculations

0.10

0.68

0.68

0.68

Clean-up/Washing

-

1.37

5.13

1.37

(Disposal Charges)

 

 

 

 

$10-$35/Liter

-

1.50

6.00

3.00

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ANALYSIS COST

$5.88

$9.18

$64.61

$11.54

* Calculated Dec 2003 for new equipment at list price amortized over 1000 tests – approximately 3 years or less


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