Determination of Aluminum in Drinking Waters by A.C. Oscillopolarography in a Lithium Chloride System

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A new and convenient method for the rapid determination of aluminum in drinking waters using a.c. oscillopolarography in a lithium chloride system is described in this paper. The calibration graph is linear from 5 × 10^?6 to 8 × 10^?5 mol/L with a detection limit of 5 × 10^?6 mol/L. The relative standard deviation of the method is 4.7% for 4 × 10^?5 mol/L Al. Compared with other techniques, this method has the significant advantages of simple instrumentation, no deaeration procedure required and rapid measurement. It was particularly suitable to the analysis of 10^?6 ~ 10^?5 mol/L levels of Al in drinking waters.     

Indirect A.C. Oscillopolarographic Determination of Total Monomeric and Acid-Reactive Aluminum in Natural Waters by Using Pyrocatechol Violet

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Indirect determination of total monomelic and acid-reactive aluminum in natural waters by a.c. oscillopolarography in the presence of pyrocatechol violet (PCV) is presented in this paper. In 0.5 mol 1^?1 NH₄Ac buffer solution (pH 6.4) containing l×lO^?3 mol 1^?1 PCV, PCV yields two incisions on the a.c oscillogram at the potentials of - 0.80 and - 1.20 V, respectively. The incision depth declines when adding aluminum in the solution. The decreases of incision depth (Ep = -1.20 V) has a linear relationship with increasing Al concentrations (4×10^?7 - 4×10^?6 mol 1^?). It is the basis for indirect quantitative analysis. The relative standard deviation is 8.3% for 1×10^?6 mol 1^?1 Al (n = 10) and the detection limit is 2 × 10^?7 mol 1^?1. The proposed method has been applied to determine total and acid-reactive Al in natural waters and the results are compared with Driscoll's 8-HQ-MIBK-GF/AAS and PCV colorimetric methods.     

A New Ultramicrosensor for Nitric Oxide Based on Electropolymerized Film of Nickel Salen

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A new amperometric ultramicrosensor for the determination of nitric oxide (NO) is described. The ultramicrosensor, which is based on an electropolymerized film of ethylenebis(salicylideneiminate) nickel [Ni(salen)] and Nafion, shows a low detection limit, high selectivity and sensitivity to NO determination. The oxidation current (measured by a differential pulse amperometric method) is linear with NO concentration ranging from 1.0x10^?8 to 4.0x10^?6 mol/L with a calculated detection limit, at a signal to noise ratio of three, equal to 5.0x10^?9 mol/L. Some endogenous electroactive substances in biological tissues, such as dopamine, 5-HT and nitrite do not interfere with NO determination at the concentrations higher than those in biological systems. The ultramicrosensor could be employed for in vivo measurements of NO. The mechanism of the response of the ultramicrosensor to NO is also studied.     

Determination of Lysine in Nutrition Sample by Adsorption Voltammetry

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Lysine can be determined by adsorptive voltammetry after derivatization with acetaldehyde in 1.3 x 10^?2mol/ L borax-NaOH buffer solution (containing 4 x 10^?3mol/ L of CH₃CHO at pH10). The Schiff's base product of the derivation can be adsorbed on a hanging mercury electrode and reduced with peak potential of about -1.33v (vs.SCE) after 120s pre-concentration time. The derivative peak height is linearly proportional to the concentration for lysine in the range 6.0 x 10^?7-1.0 x 10^?5mol/ L. The detection limit is 4.0 x 10^?7mol/ L. Using this method, we have directly determined lysine in nutrition samples without any pre-separation step.     

铬蓝黑R-示波计时电位法快速测定天然水中不同形态的铝浓度

本文报道铬蓝黑 R-示波计时电位法快速测定天然水中不同形态的铝。在 0 .5mol/L 乙酸 -乙酸铵 - 1× 1 0 - 3mol/L铬蓝黑 R( p H4.6)底液中 ,铝 -铬蓝黑 R铬合物在 - 0 .80 V电位处产生灵敏切口 ,切口深度与铝浓度成正比 ,线性范围为 8× 1 0 - 7～6× 1 0 - 5mol/L,检测下限为 6× 1 0 - 7mol/L,相对标准偏差为 4.8% ( n=1 0 ,4× 1 0 - 5mol/L Al)。应用该法测定了天然水中不同形态的铝浓度 ,并同 Driscoll的 MIBK-GF/AAS法进行了比较 ,结果基本一致     

Capillary Electrophoretic Determination of Disodium Ethylene Bisdithiocarbamate (NABAM) and Sodium Diethyldithiocarbamate (NADDC)

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A simple and sensitive capillary elecrophoretic method has been developed for the separation and determination of Nabam and NaDDC in boric acid buffer by direct UV absorbance detection at 254 nm. The separation is dependent on pH and nature of the buffer. In this method the detection limits (S/N = 3) are 1.56 × 10^?6 mol/L and 2.48 × 10^?6 mol/L and the linear calibration range is three orders of magnitude for Nabam and NaDDC, respectively. The method has been successfully applied for the analysis of wheat samples spiked with Nabam.     

6th International Conference on Flow Analysis

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The 2.5th order differential polarographic reduction behavior of malonaldehyde (MLD) was studied. A sensitive measurement method of the determination of MLD for biological samples was given by using differential voltammetry with a static mercury drop electrode at a scanning speed of 80mV/s in a solution of 0.1mol/L NH₄Cl. The linear response range of current(e″) against the concentration of MLD was 1.0×10^?6 to 1.0×10^?3 mol L and the detection limit was 1.0 × 10^?7mol/L. The contents of MLD in the sample of cardiac myocytes was determined rapidly and simply by means of the method.     

Direct determination of trace aluminum with quercetin by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography

The determination of trace levels of aluminum by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with spectrophotometric detection using quercetin, a bioactive substance as a pre-column reagent, is developed in this paper. The Al-quercetin chelate was separated on a reversed-phase ODS column with a mobile phase consisting of 70% water (pH 1.0 with perchloric acid) and 30% methanol, and detected at its maximum of 415 nm. The response was linear over the 1.0×10⁻⁷ to 8.0×10⁻⁵ M concentration range with a detection limit of 5.0×10⁻⁸ M and a relative standard deviation of 1.0% at the 5×10⁻⁶ M level. The analysis was free from common ions except iron, which could be successfully screened by 1,10-phenanthroline. This method has been employed to the determination of Al in environmental and biological samples. Moreover, direct speciation of labile monomeric Al, the toxic form of Al, in natural water by the present technique was explored. The coordination ratio of Al complex with quercetin was also elucidated by HPLC combined with molar ratio method. Only a 1:1 complex was formed. Because quercetin exists in body, a preliminary thinking of in vivo determination of Al is provided in this study.     

Electrochemical Behavior of 6-Mercapto-Purine at Hanging Copper Amalgam Dropping Electrode and Its Trace Determination by Differential Pulse Adsorption Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry

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The electrochemical behavior of 6-MP was studied by cyclic voltammetry at a hanging copper amalgam dropping electrode (HCADE). It was found that 6-MP could form a complex with the Cu(II) stripped from the HCADE, showing a new peak at ?0.19V in the medium of 0.1mol/L LiClO₄-0.5mol/L HClO₄ solution. The mechanism of the reaction was proposed. This new peak was sensitive and could be used for the determination of trace 6-MP by differential pulse adsorption cathodic stripping voltammetry (DPAdCSV). The linear range was from 3.6×10^?10 to 5.3×10^?6 mol/L, and the detection limit was about 1.2×10^?10 mol/L (S/N=3). The method was also successfully applied to the determination of 6-MP in pharmaceutical tablets.     

Determination of Genistein by Flow‐injection Chemiluminescence Method Based on Ferricyanide Oxidation Sensitized by Rhodamine 6G

A novel flow injection chemiluminescence (FI‐CL) method for the determination of genistein was described. The method was based on the reaction between genistein and potassium ferricyanide in alkaline solution to give weak CL signal, which was dramatically enhanced by rhodamine 6G (Rh G). The CL emission allowed quantitation of genistein concentration in the range 1.0 × 10^?7–4.0 × 10^?5 mol/L with a detection limit (3σ) of 4.2 × 10^?8 mol/L. The relative standard deviation for 11 parallel measurements of 5.0 × 10^?7 mol/L, 4.0 × 10^?6 mol/L and 1.0 × 10^?5 mol/L genistein were 2.59%, 2.40% and 1.48%, respectively. The experimental conditions for the CL reaction were optimized and the possible reaction mechanism was discussed. The method was applied to the determination of genistein in biological fluids.     

Adsorptive Stripping Square-Wave Voltammetry of Creatine

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An adsorptive stripping square-wave voltammetric method for quantitative determination of creatine is developed. The basic redox properties of creatine are investigated by means of square-wave and cyclic staircase voltammetry. Creatine undergoes an irreversible reduction in neutral and acidic medium at a hanging mercury drop electrode. The square-wave voltammetric response of creatine depends on the parameters of the SW excitation signal as well as on the concentration and type of the supporting electrolyte, the accumulation time and the potential and pH of the medium. The optimal experimental conditions for quantitative determination of creatine are as follows: supporting electrolyte 0.1 mol/L KNO₃ buffered with 0.1 mol/L acetate buffer to pH = 4 and accumulation potential -1.2 V. The optimal SW parameters found are: frequency f = 120 Hz, amplitude E _sw = 30 mV, and scan increment dE = 4 mV. A detection limit of 6.6 x 10^?8 mol/L creatine was obtained after 30 s preconcentration period at accumulation potential -1.2 V. The correlation coefficients of the calibration curves at concentration levels of 10^?7 to 10^?5 mol/L creatine are greater than 0.99. The results of recovery tests range from 92.18% to 102.51%.     

Captopril Modified Silver Electrode and Its Application to the Electroanalysis of Hemoglobin

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Captopril, 1-[(2S)-3-mercapto-2-methyl-1-oxopropyl]-L-Proline, can be deposited onto a silver electrode by a covalent bonding method to give a long-lived and stable chemically modified electrode(CME). Since the CME is prepared with a reaction between captopril and the substrate silver, the CME being prepared by this method is very stable. Furthermore, Hemoglobin(Hb) exhibits excellent voltammetric response at the modified electrode. Differential pulse voltammetric(DPV) measurements of the protein with this CME reveal the existence of a linear relationship between the anodic peak current and the concentration of Hb in the range of 2×10^?6 ～ 5×10^?5 mol/L. The detection limit is 8×10^?7 mol/L and the relative standard deviation of results is 5% for 6 successive determinations at 2×10_-5 mol/L. The determination of Hb for a real example is carried out.     

Adsorptive Voltammetric Measurement of Trace Level of Iron(III) with 4–(2–Pyridylazo) Resorcin

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The polarographic behavior of the complex of iron–4– (2–pyridylazo) resorcin(PAR) was studied. In HAc– NaAc– EDTA buffer solution, the complex can be adsorped on a hanging mercury drop electrode giving a sensitive adsorptive complex reduction peak with a peak potential at -0.36V(vs. SCE). Optimum experimental conditions were found by the use of 0.08mol/L HAc, 0.06mol/L NaAc, 5.0 × 10^?3mol/L EDTA and 1.0 × 10^?5mol/L PAR. With preconcentration for 60s, the derivative peak height of the complex compound is linearly proportional to the concentration for Fe in the range from 1.0 × 10^?9mol/L to 1.0 × 10^?7mol/L. For a 2–min pre–concentration time, the detection limit found was 2.0 × 10^?10mol/L. This method has high sensitivity and selectivity. It has been applied to the determination of trace iron in food and water samples without any pre–separation step.     

Determination of Nitrite in Aqueous Solutions using the Linear Sweep Voltammetry Technique

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An electrochemical method using linear sweep voltammetry techniques was developed to determine nitrite ion in aqueous solution in the presence of nitrate. Nitrite solutions exhibited a well-defined oxidation wave at +1.0V vs SCE at vitreous carbon, while no oxidation process was observed for nitrate solutions. The pH of the nitrite solutions varied from 2.37 to 5.60 and no change was observed in the Ep values, except for the pH 5.60 solution, where little change was verified. The potential also did not vary with change in the nitrite concentration in the 5.0 x 10^?5 to 7.0 x 10^?4 mol L^?1 range. Very good straight lines for plots of current versus nitrite concentration in the 7.0 x 10^?5 to 7.0 x 10^?4 mol L^?1 range were obtained; the correlation coefficient was never worse than 0.990. The nitrite determination was also performed in the presence of 1.0 x 10^?3 mol L^?1 of NO₃ ^? ions. The addition of NO₃ ^? did not change significantly the current values even when it was added in one hundred times molar excess.     

Determination of Gallic Acid by Flow Injection with Electrochemiluminescent Detection

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Potential dependent inhibition and enhancement effects of gallic acid on the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol in alkaline solutions were found. On the basis of the enhancement effect, a flow injection method was developed for the determination of gallic acid. The method was simple, convenient and sensitive. A detection limit of 1.8×10^?8 mol/L, linear range of 3.0×10^?8 - 1.0×10^?4 mol/L, relative standard deviation of 1.0% for eleven measurements of 5.0×10^?6 mol/L of gallic acid was found. This method was successfully applied to determine the content of gallic acid in Chinese gall (moshizi).     

Indirect Voltammetric Determination of Aluminum in Environmental and Biological Samples in the Presence of the Aluminum Chelating Drugs

A simple indirect method using aluminum chelating drugs as electroactive complexation ligands for the voltammetric determination of aluminum in environmental and biological samples on glassy carbon working electrode is studied. In the range of pH 8–9, desferrioxamine (DFO), 1,2‐dimethy‐3‐hydroxypyrid‐4‐one (Hdmp), 3‐hydroxy‐2‐methyl‐4H‐pyran‐4‐one (Hma) and 2,3‐dihydroxypyridine (DHP) yielded good anodic peaks. It was demonstrated that the decrease of the anodic peak current of the drugs was linear with the increase of aluminum concentration. Among them, Hdmp was found the best complexible ligand and chosen for the voltammetric determination of aluminum with EDTA as chelant, which was used for masking most of the interferences. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the linear range for determination of Al by Hdmp was 5×10^?7–3×10^?5 mol L^?1 Al(III), the detection limit was 2×10^?7 mol L^?1, and the relative standard deviation for 3×10^?6 mol L^?1 Al(III) was 2.6% (n=7). The proposed method was applied to the determination of Al in real water samples and biological samples. The Al concentration in serum samples can be measured directly without time‐consuming digestion pretreatment.     

Electrochemical Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide at a Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified with Nickel Hydroxide–Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

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The multiwalled carbon nanotube–nickel hydroxide composite film used to modify glassy carbon electrode was prepared and confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The process and mechanism of film formation were discussed in detail. The electrode modified with the composite film exhibited good catalytic activity toward electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen peroxide in 0.1 mol/L sodium hydroxide solution. Various factors affecting the electrocatalytic activity of nickel hydroxide film were investigated. The anodic peak current increased with the increased concentration of hydrogen peroxide. The linear range for the determination of hydrogen peroxide was from 1.5 × 10^?6 mol/L to 2.5 × 10^?3 mol/L with the detection limit 6.1 × 10^?7 mol/L (S/N = 3). And the proposed method was applied to the determination of hydrogen peroxide in disinfector with higher sensitivity and lower detection limit.     

Determination of Ethanol Based on Polarographic Catalytic Current of Sulfate Radical Anion Using Ethanol as Catalyst

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A new method for the determination of ethanol is proposed based on the catalytic current of sulfate radical anion SO₄ ^?. In 0.1 mol/L KH₂PO₄–Na₂HPO₄ buffer (pH5.6±0.1)–1.6×10^?2 mol/L K₂S₂O₈ solution, the first order derivative peak current is proportional to ethanol concentration in the range of 1×10^?4～9×10^?4 (r = 0.9998). The limit of detection is 6×10^?5 mol/L. The proposed method is applied to determine ethanol directly content in ardent spirits. The fundamental principle of the proposed method is that ethanol is oxidized by sulfate radical anion SO₄ ^? electrogenerated on the electrode surface to ethanol α-radical, and the reduction of the ethanol α-radical produces a polarographic reduction wave.     

A Neutral Carrier Membrane Calcium-Sensitive Electrode with Wide Working pH Range

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A poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane calcium-sensitive electrode based on a new type of synthetic carrier 1,7-di[2-(1-phenylazo)naphtyl]-1,4,7-trioxaheptan is introduced. This electrode exhibited Nernstian response over the concentration range 1.0×10^?1 - 3.0×10^?8 mol/L Ca²⁺ with a slope of 28.8 mV/pCa in calcium ion buffer solutions. The detection limit for calcium ion was 1.0X10^?8 mol/L. The response time varied from 10 to 30 seconds. The working pH range for the electrode was 3.5 - 12.3 when the concentration of Ca²⁺ was 10^?3 mol/L. The lifetime of the electrode was proved to exceed 8 months. It was applied successfully in the determination of calcium ion in river water, mineral water and cosmetic. A method for the determination of total calcium in urine was developed.     

Detection of Human Serum Albumin by a Photoinduced Fluorogenic Reaction

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9,10-anthraquinone (AQ), a photochemically reactive substrate, has been conjugated together with human serum albumin (HSA), and the photoinduced fluorogenic reaction of the HSA-AQ conjugate was studied. This conjugate shows a greatly enhanced photochemical fluorimetric activity compared with that of free AQ. The spectral characteristics of the photoreduction product of the HSA-AQ conjugate was investigated and large blue shifts in both the excitation and emission bands, compared with those of free AQ, were observed. The kinetic behavior of the photoinduced fluorogenic reaction and the effects of some experimental conditions were also investigated. The enhancement in the photoinduced fluorogenic reactivity of HSA-AQ was utilized in the sensitive detection of HSA by a simple in-situ photoinduced kinetic fluorimetric method. The calibration graph was linear over the range 0-1.0x10^?6 mol/L HSA. The detection limit was 6.5x10^?10 mol/L HSA and the relative standard deviation was 2.7% for 6.0x10^?8 mol/L HSA (n=6).