Reduction of Triple-Charged Chromium Ions on Indium Cathode in Alkaline Sulfate Solutions

The problem of how the surface coverage of an indium electrode with chromium adatoms formed during the discharge of Cr(III) ions affects electrolytic evolution of hydrogen in alkaline solutions is studied using linear and cyclic voltametry. The method used permits stating that, in alkalinized media, the chromium deposition abruptly decelerates due to the formation of a hydroxide film on the electrode surface. Based on the results obtained, it is assumed that this film consists of mixed Cr(III)- and Cr(II)-containing hydroxo compounds (of the chromite type) and coadsorbed Cr_n clusters formed in the course of electrolysis.     

Effect of Acridinium Ions on the Reduction of Co(NH3)63+ at the Mercury Electrode

Abstract

Inhibition of instantaneous current due to the reduction at the mercury electrode of Co(NH₃)₆ ³⁺ ions by the addition of acridine hydrochloride are presented in terms of orientations of the adsorbed organic additive. Unusual catalytic effects at high cathodic potentials were observed and are discussed.     

Mechanism and kinetics of the reduction of In(III) ions at a polycrystalline gold electrode from highly concentrated ZnCl2 solutions

Summary The mechanism of the cathodic reduction of In(III) at gold has been studied by rotating disc and ring-disc voltammetry in highly concentrated aqueous ZnCl₂ solutions. At concentration of the base electrolyte higher than 7 mol dm^–3, the voltammetric curves recorded at the disc electrode split into two well-separated waves which correspond to the successive charge transfer reactions: In(III) + 2e^– In(I) and In(I) + e^– In. By the use of coulometric and potentiometric techniques, the formal potentials of the In(III)/In(I), In(III)/In and In(I)/In redox couples as well as the equilibrium constants of the reproportionation reaction In(III) + 2 In 3 In(I) has been determined and discussed. The kinetic parameters of the In(III)/In(I) electrode reaction have been also evaluated and discussed.

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Mechanismus und Kinetik der Reduktion von In(III)-Ionen an der Goldelektrode in hochkonzentrierten wäßrigen ZnCl₂-Lösungen

Zusammenfassung Es wird der Mechanismus der Reduktion von In(III)-Ionen in hochkonzentrierten ZnCl₂ Lösungen mittels der Scheiben- und Ring-Scheiben-Elektrode aus Gold untersucht. Wenn die Konzentration des Grundelektrolyten 7 mol dm^–3 übersteigt, verteilen sich die erhaltenen Stromspannungskurven auf zwei gut gestaltete Stufen, die den konsekutiven Durchtrittsreaktionen In(III) + 2e^– In(I) und In(I) + e^– In entsprechen. Aufgrund der coulometrischen und potentiometrischen Messungen werden die Formal-Standardpotentiale der In(III)/In(I)-, In(III)/In-und In(I)/In-Redoxpaare, die Gleichgewichtskonstanten der Reproportionierungsreaktion In(III) + 2 In 3 In ermittelt. Die kinetischen Parameter der Durchtrittsreaktion In(III)/In(I) werden bestimmt und diskutiert.

     

Effect of Ammonium Ions on the Electroreduction of Anions at a Mercury Electrode

The effect of ammonium ions on the electroreduction of peroxodisulfate (S₂O^2- ₈) and perbromate (BrO^- ₄) anions is found to be commensurate with that of potassium ions. Ammonium ions accelerate the reduction of iodate (IO^- ₃), bromate (BrO^- ₃), and chromate (CrO^2- ₄) anions in nonbuffered solutions and does not, in buffered ones. In the former case, the effect is connected with the pH change in the near-electrode layer during the reaction and with the participation of ammonium ions in hydrolytic equilibriums, rather than with a simultaneous transfer of ammonium ions and electrons in an elementary act. The conclusions in the literature in favor of a simultaneous transfer of the proton and electron in the proton-consuming reactions of reduction of anions is shown to be ambiguous.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Trace Chromium(VI) in Mass Chromium(III)

There is little conclusive evidence of the toxic effects of Cr(III) so far, but Cr(VI) has carcinogenic activity, so the analysis of the chromine ions is very important in environmental research and the quality control of industry products. Usually Cr(III) and Cr(VI) interfere with each other in the species analysis, the measurement of Cr(VI) of numerous previous papers is related to the Cr(VI) samples, which contain a little Cr(III). When the amount of trivalent chromine exceeds ten …     

Electroreduction of Bi(III) Ions at a Cyclically Renewable Liquid Silver Amalgam Film Electrode in the Presence of Methionine

The catalytic influence of methionine (Mt) on the electroreduction of Bi(III) ions on the novel, cyclically renewable liquid silver amalgam film electrode (R–AgLAFE) in a non-complexing electrolyte solution was examined. The presence of methionine leads to a multistep reaction mechanism, where the transfer of the first electron is the rate limiting step, which is the subject of catalytic augmentation. The catalytic activity of methionine is a consequence of its ability to remove water molecules from the bismuth ion coordination sphere, as well as to form active complexes on the electrode surface, facilitating the electron transfer process.     

Electrochemical Processes of Sulfide in NaCl Electrolyte Solutions on Mercury Electrode

The electrochemical processes of sulfide in NaCl electrolyte solutions were studied using stripping cyclic voltammetry, differential capacity and chronoamperometric measurements. Some new effects were observed and are here discussed. At potentials around ?0.1 to ?0.3 V a pair of Faradaic adsorptive peaks, which can only be observed in the presence of chloride, is attributed to the formation of HgCl ion from the deposited layer of HgS. A second pair of peaks of purely capacitive character was observed at ?0.4 V. This is the result of the reorientation and partial desorption or transformation of HgS layers. The formation and dissolution of HgS layers on mercury has been well investigated previously. We observed some new effects after depositing approximately ten layers of HgS and attributed this to the formation of polysulfides at positive potentials.     

Electrochemical Quantification of Mercury in Solutions Using Boron-doped Diamond Electrodes: Electrode Regeneration and Role of Gold and Impurities

Abstract

For determining Hg in solutions in the ppb to ppt range using boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrochemistry, the role of an added gold solution for enhanced sensitivity is investigated. Using differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV), peaks due to Cu and Ag as impurities from gold are identified. With the proper choice of the potential for deposition, effects of the impurities are minimized and an electrode regeneration procedure is devised and tested, resulting in reproducible slopes of the calibration curves in successive runs. The location and shift of the DPASV peak potentials with concentration are explained with the use of the Nernst equation.     

The Potential Response Of Copper(Ii) Sulfide Ion Selective Electrode To Hg(Ii) Ions In Aqueous Solution

Abstract

The application of a cupric ion-selective electrode with a membrane of mixed Ag₂S-CuS to measure the activity of Hg(II) is presented. The linear electrode response curve which covers near three decades, from 10^?5 to 10^?2 mol dm^?3, of mercuric concentration range was obtained, under background of acetate buffer.     

Electrocatalytic Reduction of Chromium(VI) by Thionin: Electrochemical Properties and Mechanistic Study

The electrochemical properties of aqueous thionin (an electroactive water soluble dye) of pH 1–12 were investigated by cyclic voltammetry at a boron doped diamond(BDD) electrode. A well defined reversible redox couple was observed in acidic, neutral and alkaline solutions. The standard potential and kinetic parameters for thionin were obtained by fitting experimental cyclic voltammograms to those generated by the DigiSim program. The electrogenerated reduced form of thionin has been used as an efficient organic catalyst for the reduction of Cr(VI) at a BDD electrode immersed in aqueous media. The cyclic voltammetry measurements indicate that an electrocatalytic process occurs, where electrochemically generated thionin reduced species (Leucothionin) is oxidized by Cr(VI) back to the parent thionin species via a EC' reaction mechanism. The determination of catalytic rate constant (K_cat) was accomplished again by fitting experimental cyclic voltammograms with simulated ones.     

The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Alkaline Hydrolysis of Esters in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of Et4NCl

The rate of alkaline hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl toluenesulfonate, 4-nitrophenyl diethyl phosphate, and 4-nitrophenyl dimethylcarbamate (with Et₄NOH as reagent) in concentrated aqueous solutions of Et₄NCl (0-4.5 M) at 15, 25, 40, and 60 °C was studied. The nature of the effect of Et₄NCl on the reaction rate was explained by the action of the electrolyte on the structure of the water. It was shown that the increase in the rate results from change in the solvation component of the free energy of activation.     

A Simulation of an Anion‐Induced Adsorption of Metal Ions in Pseudopolarography Using a Thin Mercury Film Covered Rotating Disk Electrode

A theory of the influence of anion‐induced adsorption of metal ions in pseudopolarography using the thin mercury film covered rotating disk electrode is developed. The model is developed assuming that the metal ion is forming several labile complexes with the ligand which is present in a great excess, and that only one complex species is adsorbed following a linear isotherm. The results obtained assuming steady‐state conditions are compared with the simulation of transient processes using Galerkin and finite difference methods. It is shown that the adsorption of metal complexes on the disk electrode surface does not prevent the determination of the stability constants.     

Reduction kinetics of glycinate complexes of palladium(II) on a dropping-mercury electrode in acid perchlorate solutions

Polarograms for the reduction of glycinate complexes of palladium(II) (5 × 10^?5 M) are obtained in equilibrium solutions of pH 0.8–3.0 with different protonated-glycine concentrations c _Hgly (supporting electrolyte, 0.5 M NaClO₄). It is established that the irreversible wave of reduction of complexes Pd(gly)₂ corresponds to the diffusion limiting current I _d ⁽²⁾ . A similar wave at pH 1.5 and c _Hgly = 0.005 M, as well as at pH 1.0 and c _Hgly = 0.05–0.5 M is preceded by the diffusion limiting current I _d ⁽¹⁾ . Values of the I _d ⁽²⁾ /I _d ⁽¹⁾ ratio are close to the ratio between equilibrium concentrations of Pd(gly)₂] and [Pdgly⁺], calculated using the step stability constant for Pd(gly)₂. This fact testifies to the reduction of complexes Pdgly⁺ in the vicinity of I _d ⁽¹⁾ and complexes Pd(gly)₂, in the vicinity of I _d ⁽²⁾ . At pH 0.8–1.2 and [H₂gly⁺] = 1 × 10^?4 to 5 × 10^?3 there is observed the diffusion-kinetic limiting current of the first wave I ₁ ⁽¹⁾ , which increases with increasing [H⁺] and decreasing [H₂gly⁺]. The nature of the slow preceding chemical stage that occurs during the reduction of complexes Pdgly⁺ is discussed.     

对羟基苯甲醛缩邻氨基苯甲酸与汞的荧光猝灭反应及其应用

合成了一种新的席夫碱荧光试剂--对羟基苯甲醛缩邻氨基苯甲酸(HBAA).研究了HBAA与汞离子的络合反应及其反应条件,HBAA在390.0 nm处有一强荧光峰,汞离子存在时,可与其形成稳定的络合物并使HBAA的荧光猝灭.利用该反应建立了荧光测定痕量汞的新方法,方法的线性范围为0 ～90.0 μg/L,检出限为0.61 μg/L.考察了40种常见共存离子的干扰影响,结果表明合成的HBAA试剂具有很高的选择性.该方法简便、快速,可用于矿泉水、自来水、河水中痕量汞的测定.     

A Novel Method of High Sensitive Determination of Prednisolone on Renewable Mercury Film Silver Based Electrode

Fast and sensitive method of prednisolone determination at renewable mercury film electrode using differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry (DPAdSV) was successfully developed. The effects of various factors such as: preconcentration potential and time, pulse height, step potential and supporting electrolyte composition were optimized. A linear voltammetric response for analyte was obtained in the concentration range from 0.05 µmol L⁻¹ (18 µg L⁻¹) to 2.25 µmol L⁻¹ (0.81 mg L⁻¹), with a detection limit of 0.01 µmol L⁻¹ for preconcentration time of 20 s. Repeatability of method was determined as RSD % for prednisolone concentration of 0.04 µmol L⁻¹ as 1.6 % (n=9). The proposed method was successfully applied and validated by recovery parameter of prednisolone in simulated sample and pharmaceutical product.     

白杨素在汞电极上的电化学行为及其消除超氧阴离子自由基能力研究

The electrochemical behavior of chrysin in pH 2.0-9.0 Britton-Robinson （B-R） buffer solutions was studied by the means of linear sweep voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry at a static mercury drop electrode. In different pH range of B-R buffer solutions, chrysin could cause four reduction waves. In pH 2.0-5.8 B-R buffer solutions, wave P1 yielded by chrysin is a one-electron reduction wave, and wave P1 caused by further reduction of the products of wave P1 in pH〈3.0 B-R buffer solution is also a one-electron reduction wave. But in 3.0〈pH〈5.8 B-R buffer solution wave P1 was overlapped by the hydrogen wave. Between pH 5.8 and 9.0, chrysin could yield two reduction waves P2 and P3- The former is an irreversible adsorptive wave of ionized chrysin involving one electron and the latter is also an irreversible adsorptive wave of reduction intermediate radical of chrysin involving one electron and one proton. And a linear relationship between ip3 and the concentration of chrysin can be established from 1.0×10^-6 to 4.0×10^-5 mol·L^-1 （r=0.9924） with the detection limit of 5×10^-7 mol·L^-1. In addition, the antioxidant ability of chrysin was investigated by linear sweep voltammetry （LSV）. The determination result of IC50 of chrysin showed that chrysin is a good antioxidant.     

Study and Application of Electrochemical Behavior of Calcium-ARS on a Mercury Film Electrode

A sensitive complex absorptive wave of Ca-ARS was obtained by using differential pulse voltammetry when a mercury film glass carbon electrode was immersed in 0.1 mol L⁻¹ KOH and 4.5×10⁻⁴ mol L⁻¹ ARS solution. The peak potential obtained was −1.17 V (vs Ag-AgCl). The peak current was proportional to the concentration of calcium in the range of 5.0×10⁻⁸−4.2×10⁻⁵ mol L⁻¹. The detection limit was 2.0×10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹. This method was applied successfully to determining traces of calcium in blood serum. The electrochemical behavior of the system was also studied by cyclic voltammetry, and the experiment results showed that the electrode process was an irreversible absorptive with two electrons participating. Translated from Journal of Beijing Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2005, 41(2) (in Chinese)     

Chromium(III) ion selective electrode based on glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil)

A poly(vinyl chloride) membrane based on glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil) as membrane carrier was prepared and investigated as a Cr(III)-selective electrode. The electrode has a linear dynamic range of 3.0×10⁻⁶-1.0×10⁻² mol l⁻¹, with a Nernstian slope of 19.8±0.5 mV per decade and a detection limit of 6.3×10⁻⁷ mol l⁻¹. It has a fast response time of <20 s and can be used for at least 3 months without any considerable divergence in potential. The proposed electrode revealed good sensitivities for Cr(III) over a wide variety of metal ions and could be used in a pH range of 2.7-6.5. Above all, the membrane sensor has been used very successfully for the analysis of some food materials and alloys for the determination of Cr(III) ion.     

水溶液中六价铬在碳纳米管上的吸附

针对用碳纳米管对水溶液中六价铬的吸附净化进行了研究, 考察了溶液浓度、溶液pH值、共存的三价铬离子等因素对吸附行为的影响. 实验结果表明, 碳纳米管在室温下对于六价铬的吸附量随着平衡浓度的增大而升高, 在铬浓度为493.557 mg•L−1时碳纳米管吸附量达到最大值为532.215 mg•g−1; 六价铬的浓度在300~700 mg•L−1的范围内, 碳纳米管对铬的吸附量变化不大；大于700 mg•L−1时, 随着铬的平衡浓度的升高碳纳米管对铬的吸附量降低, 铬浓度为961.074 mg•L−1时, 碳纳米管吸附量降至194.631 mg•g−1. 在pH值为2~7的范围内, 碳纳米管对六价铬的吸附量随着溶液pH值的减小而增大; 而在碱性条件下, pH值对碳纳米管吸附六价铬的影响不大. 溶液中存在三价铬时, 碳纳米管对六价铬的吸附量明显降低, 表明三价铬与六价铬有竞争吸附. 此外, 活性炭的对比吸附实验表明, 在低浓度时, 譬如在六价铬浓度为190 mg•L−1吸附时, 碳纳米管对铬的吸附量约为活性炭的6倍；而在高浓度下, 譬如六价铬浓度为493 mg•L−1时, 碳纳米管对铬的吸附量约为活性炭的2倍.     

Cyclic Voltammetric Behavior of Uranyl ion in Sulfuric Acid Solutions. Application to Some Nuclear Materials Characterization

Abstract

The U(VI) reduction at mercury electrode in sulfuric acid solutions was examined by cyclic voltammetry (C. V.). A diffusion coefficient, D, was (5.30 ± 0.08) × 10^?6 cm²/sec was obtained for the depolarizer at 25.0±0.2°C in 1 N K₂SO₄ (pH = 2). In 1 N K₂SO₄/1 N H₂,SO₄ systems the disproportionation of U(V) was found to occur with the constant rate of K_d/[H⁺] = 6.500 ± 1.000 M^?2 sec^?1.

In 1 M H₂SO₄ supporting electrolyte pure kinetic control was achieved over the range of scan rates and uranyl concentration (C) investigated, hence linear correlation between cathodic peak current and C (above 5x10^?6 M) was obtained. Strong complexing oxyanions, such as phosphate and pyrosulphate, do not interfere with the cathodic peak current. Rapid determination of O/U ratios in uranium oxides and of U in mixed U-Th materials were performed respectively in 1 M H₂SO₄/1.5 M H₃PO₄ and 1 M H₂SO₄/0.2 M K₂S₂0₄ supporting media, with a reproducibility of ± 1.3% standard deviation.