Simultaneous determination of tin and lead by anodic stripping voltammetry with addition of surfactant

The influence of various surfactants on the simultaneous determination of tin(IV)and lead(II) by differential-pulse stripping voltammetry at a hanging mercury drop electrode in an acidic medium is reported. With addition of Pluronic-F68 or Brij-78, the tin wave disappears, while the lead wave is not affected. With a deposition time of 1 min at ?0.8 V vs. Ag/AgCl, 10^?7 M concentrations of each ion can be determined if the Sn/Pb ratio is ? 3.     

H-point standard addition method in the analysis by differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry Simultaneous determination of lead and tin

The applicability of H-point standard addition method (HPSAM) to the resolving of overlapping differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetric peaks corresponding to the oxidation of lead and tin is verified. The results show that the H-point standard addition method is suitable for the simultaneous determination of lead and tin in aqueous media. The results of applying the H-point standard addition method showed that Sn²⁺ and Pb²⁺ could be determined simultaneously with the concentration ratios of Sn²⁺ to Pb²⁺ varying from 1:5 to 10:1 in the mixed sample. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of lead in the presence of tin in some synthetic samples. Moreover, the applicability of the method was demonstrated by the recovery of lead in a canned soft drink sample.     

Simultaneous Voltammetric Determination of Lead and Tin by Adsorptive Differential Pulse Stripping Method and Orthogonal Signal Correction‐Partial Least Squares in Water Samples

An adsorptive differential pulse stripping method for the simultaneous determination of lead and tin is proposed. The procedure involves an adsorptive accumulation of lead and tin on a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE), followed by oxidation of adsorbed lead and tin by voltammetric scan using differential pulse modulation. The optimum experimental conditions are: 0.2 mol L^?1 HNO₃, accumulation potential of ?900 mV versus Ag/AgCl, accumulation time of 200 s, scan rate of 20 mV s^?1 and pulse height of 80 mV. Lead and tin peak currents were observed in the same potential region at about ?400 mV. The simultaneous determination of lead and tin by using voltammetry is a difficult problem in analytical chemistry, due to voltammogram interferences. The resolution of a mixture of lead and tin by the application of orthogonal signal correction‐partial least squares (OSC‐PLS) was performed. The linear dynamic ranges were 0.003‐0.35 and 0.008‐0.50 μg mL^?1 and detection limits were land 3 ng mL^?1 for lead and tin, respectively. The RMSEP for lead and tin with OSC and without OSC were 2.8737, 6.0557 and 8.0941, 9.5151, respectively. The capability of the method for the analysis of real samples was evaluated by the determination of lead and tin in water samples with satisfactory results.     

Determination of folic acid by adsorptive stripping voltammetry at the static mercury drop electrode

Folic acid can be determined at nanomolar concentrations by controlled adsorptive accumulation of folic acid on a static mercury drop electrode held at ?0.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl followed by reduction of the surface species. In 0.1 M sulfuric acid, a cathodic scan gives peaks at ?0.47 v and ?0.75 V vs. Ag/Agcl; the latter peak provides greater sensitivity. Differential-pulse stripping is shown to be superior to normal-pulse and d.c. stripping. After a 5-min preconcentration, the detection limit is about 1 × 10^?10 M folic acid. The adsorptive stripping response is evaluated with respect to concentration dependence, preconcentration time and potential, solution acidity and the presence of gelatin and bromide. The relative standard deviation at the 5 × 10^?8 M level is 1.2%. This method is applied to the determination of folic acid in pharmaceutical tablets.     

Determination of thallium and lead in cadmium salts by anodic stripping voltammetry with addition of surfactants to suppress the cadmium peaks

Conditions have been found which make possible the determination of thallium and/or lead in cadmium and its salts without preliminary separation. The electrochemical activity of the cadmium, which usually interferes in the determination of thallium, is inhibited by the addition of 0.01% of polyethylene glycol of M.W. 4000. Thallium is determined by electrolysis at ?0.74 V vs. SCE, in 0.1M EDTA solution: 10^?1M thallium can be determined in the presence of 0.1M cadmium, while copper and lead at 10^?2M and 10^?5M respectively do not interfere. Lead is determined in 0.1M acetic acid containing 0.1% cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The addition of CTAB shifts the cadmium peak, as well as the optimum deposition potential for cadmium, to more negative values, making it possible to determine lead in the presence of cadmium as long as the deposition potential lies in the range between ?0.50 and ?0.56 V vs. SCE. Lead can be determined in the presence of ten times as much thallium.     

Stripping voltammetric determination of traces of catechol compounds preceded by adsorptive accumulation of metal complexes

Catechol compounds are quantified by controlled adsorptive accumulation of their metal complexes onto a hanging mercury drop electrode followed by stripping voltammetry. By using tin(IV) as a redox marker for quantifying the surface-bound species, selectivity can be improved relative to conventional oxidative methods; dopamine can be quantified in the presence of ascorbic acid. The method allows measurements of micromolar levels of catechol, dopamine, l-dopa, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and caffeic acid. The adsorptive stripping response is evaluated with respect to preconcentration time and potential, tin(IV) and analyte concentrations, stripping mode, reproducibility and possible interferences. Analogously, solochrome violet RS and dimethylglyoxime can be quantified after accumulation of their iron(III) and nickel(II) complexes, respectively. Detection limits are 7×10^?9 M for solochrome violet RS and 5×10^?8 M for caffeic acid (1- and 5-min preconcentration, respectively).     

Extraction of PCDD/PCDF from soil with supercritical CO2: Optimization by a three-level factorial design approach

A highly sensitive and selective voltammetric procedure is described for the simultaneous determination of eleven elements (Cd, Pb, Cu, Sb, Bi, Se, Zn, Mn, Ni, Co and Fe) in water samples. Firstly, differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV) with a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) is used for the direct simultaneous determination of Cd, Pb, Cu, Sb and Bi in 0.1 M HCl solution (pH = 1) containing 2 M NaCl. Then, differential pulse cathodic stripping voltammetry (DPCSV) is used for the determination of Se in the same solution. Zn is subsequently determined by DPASV after raising the pH of the same solution to pH 4. Next, the pH of the medium is raised to pH 8.5 by adding NH₃/NH₄Cl buffer solution for the determination of Mn by DPASV. Ni and Co are determined in the same solution by differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry (DPAdSV) after adding DMG (1 × 10^–4 M). Finally, 1 × 10^–5 M 2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol (5-Br-PADAP) is added to the solution for the determination of Fe by DPAdSV. The optimal conditions are described. Relative standard deviations and relative errors are calculated for the eleven elements at three different concentration levels. The lower detection limits for the investigated elements range from 1.11 × 10^–10 to 1.05 × 10^–9 M, depending on the element determined. The proposed analysis scheme was applied for the determination of these eleven elements in some ground water samples.     

Cyclic and stripping voltammetry of tin at mercury hanging drop and film electrodes in acidic o-diphenol media in the presence of lead and cadmium

The influence of catechol, gallic acid and tiron on the voltammetric behaviour of tin(IV) in the presence of lead(II) and cadmium(II) was investigated at hanging drop and mercury film electrodes in perchloric acid, oxalic acid and formate supporting electrolytes. Under cyclic conditions, well separated peaks of tin, lead and cadmium are obtained in oxalic acid and formate solutions containing gallic acid or catechol; tiron suppresses the tin peaks significantly. The efficiency of the deposition of tin in the presence of catechol or gallic acid is less than that of lead, particularly at long deposition time. The best separation of the stripping peaks of tin, lead and cadmium is obtained in oxalic acid solution containing gallic acid or catechol. In perchloric acid solution containing gallic acid or catechol the second peak corresponding to tin oxidation is useful for determinations of tin in the presence of lead. Tin(IV) at the 10^-8 mol l^-1 level can be detemined in various salt solutions and in water samples in the presence of five-fold amounts of lead and cadmium.     

Untersuchungen zur elektrochemischen Simultanbestimmung von Blei und Zinn

Zusammenfassung Wechselstromverfahren ergaben in alkoholischer salzsaurer Grundlösung für Blei und Zinn getrennte Polarogramme. Die günstigste Empfindlichkeit wurde bei ausreichender Trennung in 1 M salzsaurem Methanol erhalten. Unter diesen Bedingungen lag die Grenze der Empfindlichkeit für beide Elemente bei 2,5 · 10^–7 M. Die Zinnspitzen konnten neben 25fachem Bleiüberschuß noch ausgewertet werden, die Bleispitzen neben 50fachem Überschuß an Zinn.

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Investigations on the electrochemical simultaneous determination of lead and tinI. Polarographic determination in hydrochloric acid organic solution

Summary Separated AC polarograms for lead and tin were received in alcoholic hydrochloric acid base electrolyte. Favourable sensitivity and separation were obtained in 1 M hydrochloric acid methanol. Under these conditions the limit of sensitivity was 2.5 · 10^–7 M for both elements. The tin peaks could be evaluated in the presence of a 25-fold lead, the lead peaks in 50-fold tin concentration.

Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde in dankenswerter Weise durch Mittel der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft und des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie ermöglicht.     

Second harmonic a.c. anodic stripping voltammetry of metals at trace level: simultaneous determination of lead and thallium, and bismuth and antimony

Pairs of elements with very small differences in their half-wave potentials were determined at trace levels by second harmonic a.c. anodic stripping voltammetry. The simultaneous determination of lead and thallium as well as that of bismuth and antimony in 1M hydrochloric acid as supporting electrolyte was found to be possible in the range of concentration ratios: 7:1 > or = C(Pb):C(Tl) > or = 1:36 and 45:1 > or = C(Sb):C(Bi) > or = 1:35, with <5 % relative error due to mutual interference. The limit of detection was approximately 10(-8)M for all four elements, and the precision and error were 2-3%. The simultaneous determination of these metals in mixtures with concentration ratios outside the quoted ranges is still feasible by the standard-addition technique.     

Potentiometric stripping analysis for tin with a gold film electrode formed in situ on glassy carbon

A gold film electrode formed in situ on glassy carbon is used as the working electrode for the determination of tin over the range 0.1–10 μg ml^?1. Gold(III) added to the solution provides the film and serves as the oxidant for stripping. Two stripping curves corresponding to Sn(Au) → Sn(II) and Sn(II) → Sn(IV) were observed; either can be used for determinations of tin. The equations for the transition time (i.e., stripping signal) and stripping curve derived were verified experimentally.     

Differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetric determination of traces of tin using a glassy carbon electrode modified with bismuth and a film of poly(bromophenol blue)

We report on an anodic stripping voltammetric method for the determination of tin using a glassy carbon electrode modified with bismuth and poly(bromophenol blue). After an accumulation time of 60?s at ?1.20?V (vs. SCE), the response of the electrode to tin in 1.0?M HCl is linear in the concentration ranges from 20 nM to 1.0?μM, and from 1.0?μM to 20?μM, with a detection limit of 7.0 nM (at an SNR of 3) and with relative standard deviations in the order of 3.0–3.8%. The method was validated by comparing the results with those obtained by AAS and successfully applied to the determination of tin in canned food.

Stripping Chronopotentiometry with Dry‐Preservable Supporting Electrolyte

The determination of some toxic metals by stripping chronopotentiometry with a supporting solution having an unconventional composition has been investigated with the aim of using such components in disposable measuring cells preservable in dry state and quite ready for use, only needing addition of a small volume of sample. The new supporting solution is prepared with a solid strong acid, p‐toluenesulfonic acid, in the place of the inorganic acids commonly used to improve the cation availability. The other components are, as usual, sodium chloride, which fixes the potential of the screen‐printed silver – silver chloride reference electrode, and mercury(II) chloride as the plating agent. This supporting solution has been tested in batch measurements with the mercury film glassy carbon electrode as well as with screen‐printed carbon‐ink electrodes, either with mercury film or bare. The physical shape of the mercury layer electrolytically deposited on screen‐printed carbon‐ink electrodes from a supporting solution containing 0.1 M p‐toluenesulfonic acid and 0.1 M sodium chloride has been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) microanalysis. In chronopotentiometric stripping p‐toluenesulfonic acid performs as well as the usual inorganic strong acids, particularly in terms of sensitivity. At 0.1 mol dm^?3 it proved very suitable for the determination of toxic metals, in particular lead(II), at levels down to a few μg dm^?3. The overall results appear promising and can open new avenues for preparing disposable cells for on‐field stripping chronopotentiometric determination of toxic metals.     

Chitosan Incorporating Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode for Simultaneous Determination of Ascorbic Acid and Dopamine

Simultaneous determination of a neurotransmitter, dopamine (DA), and ascorbic acid (AA) is achieved at neutral pH on a chitosan incorporating cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) technique was used to investigate the electrochemical response of DA and AA at a glassy carbon electrode modified with chitosan incorporating CTAB. An optimum 6.0 mmol L^?1 of CTAB together with 0.5 wt% of chitosan was used to improve the resolution and the determination sensitivity. In 0.1 mol L^?1 aqueous phosphate buffer solution of pH 6.8, the chitosan‐CTAB modified electrode showed a good electrocatalytic response towards DA and AA. The anodic peak potential of DA shifted positively, while that of AA shifted negatively. Thus, the difference of the anodic peaks of DA and AA reached 0.23 V, which was enough to separate the two anodic peaks very well. The presented method herein could be applied to the direct simultaneous determination of DA and AA without prior treatment. The anodic peak currents (I_pa) of DPV are proportional to DA in the concentration range of 8 μM to 1000 μM, to that of AA 10 μM to 2000 μM, with correlation coefficients of 0.9930 and 0.9945, respectively. The linear range is much wider than previously reported.     

Automated determination of lead in urine by means of computerized flow potentiometric stripping analysis with a carbon-fibre electrode

Five different digestion procedures have been investigated. In the recommended procedure 5 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid-nitric acid mixture (1:1) were added to a 5-ml urine sample. After 1 min the sample was diluted to 100 ml with distilled water. The sample was divided into two 50-ml samples and to one of them a standard addition of 10 microg/l. lead(II) was made. The two samples were analysed fully automatically by means of computerized flow potentiometric stripping analysis, the main features of the procedure being mercury-film precoating, electrolysis of the sample for 90 sec and subsequent stripping in 1M calcium chloride/0.1M hydrochloric acid. Tin and copper were found not to interfere if present at concentrations below 50 mg/l. but high concentrations of tin had to be masked by the addition of copper in order to form a copper-tin intermetallic compound. Complexing agents used in lead poisoning therapy did not interfere with the determination. The lead concentration in a Seronorm reference urine sample was found to be 93 microg/l. with a standard deviation of 8 microg/l. (n = 5), the certified value being 88 microg/l.     

Voltammetric sensing of triclosan in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide using a cathodically pretreated boron-doped diamond electrode

ABSTRACT

In the present study, a simple, cheap and sensitive electrochemical method based on a cathodically pretreated boron-doped diamond (CPT-BDD) electrode is described for the detection of triclosan with the cationic surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) media. The oxidation of triclosan was irreversible and exhibited an adsorption controlled process. The sensitivity of the adsorptive stripping voltammetric measurements was significantly improved with addition of CTAB. Using square-wave stripping mode, a linear response was obtained for triclosan determination in Britton-Robinson buffer solution at pH 9.0 containing 2.5 × 10^?4 M CTAB at around + 0.67 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) (after 30 s accumulation at open-circuit condition). The method could be used in the range of 0.01–1.0 μg mL^?1 (3.5 × 10^?8–3.5 × 10^?6 M), with a detection limit of 0.0023 μg mL^?1 (7.9 × 10^?9 M). The feasibility of the proposed method for the determination of triclosan in water samples was checked in spiked tap water.     

Simultaneous Determination of Platinum and Rhodium with Hydroxylamine and Acetone Oxime by Catalytic Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry (CAdSV)

This paper describes a very sensitive catalytic adsorptive stripping voltammetry (CAdSV) procedure for the simultaneous determination of traces of platinum and rhodium in new supporting electrolyte containing hydroxylamine or acetone oxime and formaldehyde in sulfuric acid medium. Platinum and rhodium were pre‐accumulated simultaneously and after 120 s of accumulation time at 0.0 V, the achieved detection limits were equal 0.1 ng L^?1 and 0.2 ng L^?1 for platinum and rhodium respectively in the presence of acetone oxime and 0.6 ng L^?1 and 0.2 ng L^?1 for platinum and rhodium respectively in the presence of hydroxylamine. Described reagents were successfully applied to the determination of platinum and rhodium in plant material. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS) was used as a reference method to the CAdSV measurements.     

Determination of Trace Tin by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry at a Carbon Paste Electrode

A sensitive and selective procedure for the determination of trace tin at a carbon paste electrode was described. Each measurement cycle consisted of three steps: accumulation, reduction and stripping. The tin complex with bromopyrogallol red (BPR) was accumulated on the electrode surface in 0.10 mol/L acetate buffer (pH 4.5). After electrochemical reduction of Sn(II) had been carried out, the reoxidation wave of Sn(0) appeared at ?0.69 V (vs. SCE) on scanning the potential in the positive direction in 4.0 mol/L HCl. For a preconcentration time of 2 min, the detection limit was 0.06 μg/L (5×10^?10 mol/L ) and the linear range was from 0.1 to 50 μg/L. The proposed method was applied to the determination of tin in canned food and waste water samples with satisfactory results.     

Analysis of tellurides of lead and tin by automatic titrations

An analytical method based on automatic potentiometric EDTA and redox titrations was developed for the analysis of tellurides of lead and tin.First, the sum of lead and tin is titrated at pH 4.5 by adding a known excess of EDTA and back-titrating with a standard lead solution. After addition of ammonium fluoride to mask the tin, the EDTA released from the Sn-EDTA complex is titrated with standard lead solution. Alternatively, after the determination of total lead and tin, lead may be determined by back-titration with standard lead on a separate sample aliquot using tartaric acid to mask the tin. Tellurium is separated as tellurous acid, which is then dissolved in a dilute sulfuric acid solution and oxidized by permanganate at room temperature; the excess permanganate is back-titrated with iron(II) solution automatically. This titration may also be used to determine tellurium in the presence of lead and tin after treatment with perchloric acid. Accuracies of 0.1-0.2% can be obtained.     

Electroanalytical Determination of Cadmium(II) and Lead(II) Using an Antimony Nanoparticle Modified Boron‐Doped Diamond Electrode

We report the simultaneous electroanalytical determination of Pb²⁺ and Cd²⁺ by linear sweep anodic stripping voltammetry (LSASV) using an antimony nanoparticle modified boron doped diamond (Sb‐BDD) electrode. Sb deposition was performed in situ with the analytes, from a solution of 1 mg L^?1 SbCl₃ in 0.1 M HCl (pH 1). Pb²⁺ inhibited the detection of Cd²⁺ during simultaneous additions at the bare BDD electrode, whereas in the presence of antimony, both peaks were readily discernable and quantifiable over the linear range 50–500 μg L^?1.