Effect of presence of 18-crown-6 on the response of 1-pyrrolidine dicarbodithioate-based lead selective electrode

The lipophilic ammonium salt of 1-pyrrolidine dicarbodithioic acid (PCDT)I] was introduced as a selective ionophore for a sensitive Pb-ion selective electrode. Also, the effect of immobilization of 18-crown-6 (CW), into the above membrane, on the electrode performance was discussed. The slope of the PCDT-based I] electrode was (26–30 mV decade^?1), while it was (29-30 mV decade^?1) for (PCDT+CW)-based II] electrode according to the doping time. The linear concentration ranges were (1×10^?6–1×10^?1 M) and (5×10^?5–1×10^?1 M) for electrode types I] and II] after one-day doping. The working pH ranges were (5.0–10.0) and (7.0–10.0) for electrode types I] and II], respectively. Most of the common cations were tested for the evaluation of the electrode selectivity with correlation to the ionic radii of the tested cations. Among them only Na⁺, Ag⁺ and Fe³⁺ were the real interference. Application of using the electrode for the determination of lead in lubrication oil samples was performed with RSD (0.86–1.03%). The obtained results were compared to those of an atomic absorption spectrophotometric method.