A simple differential titrator for automatic potentiometric titration at zero current, with two identical indicator electrodes

A simple differential titrator for automatic potentiometric titration at zero current, with two identical indicator electrodes, is described. The autoburette is a normal microburette connected to one tube of a peristaltic pump, and the differentiating system is a closed-flow circuit in a second tube of the pump, this tube containing two electrodes 5 cm apart. The apparatus has been applied to the determination of halides and sulphide-disulphide mixtures, with electrodes coated with an appropriate silver salt.     

The potentiometric titration of fluoride without fluoride ion-selective electrodes

Graphite and platinum sensors were investigated as indicators in the potentiometric titration of fluoride vs lanthanum(III) and thorium(IV). In every case a partially nonaqueous medium yielded larger breaks than in aqueous solution, similar to the fluoride electrode. All the sensors yielded endpoint breaks which were smaller than those obtained with a fluoride ion-selective electrode. The largest breaks were obtained with the vitreous carbon, pyrolytic graphite, and platinum sensors. Conditioning in neutral permanganate solution significantly enhanced the breaks for all types of graphite, except vitreous carbon. The break obtained with the platinum electrode can be enhanced by application of a polarizing current of 2.0 μA in the reducing direction.     

The potentiometric titration of surfactants and soaps using ion-selective electrodes

Summary Several quaternary ammonium halides have been evaluated for the precipitation titration of anionic surfactants and soaps. The titrants were hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride and bromide, hexadecylpyridinium chloride, and diisobutylphenoxyethoxyethyl(dimethyl)benzylammonium chloride. Hexadecylpyridinium chloride yielded the highest precision and largest potentiometric break. Titrations were monitored with a commercically available fluoroborate ion-selective indicator electrode and a double-junction reference electrode. Commercially available perchlorate, nitrate, and calcium electrodes may also be used for emf monitoring. This obviates the need of preparing special liquid membrane or other electrodes mostly used heretofore in the potentiometric titration of surfactants and soaps. Electrophoresis purity reagent sodium dodecylsulfate is recommended for the standardization of the quaternary ammonium halides. The reverse titration, of cationic surfactants vs. standard sodium dodecylsulfate, is similarly feasible.Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory under contract number W-7405-ENG-48.     

Differential potentiometric titrations of binary mixtures of halides with two ion-selective indicator electrodes

Differential potentiometric titrations with two different ion-selective indicator electrodes are described. Ion-selective electrodes for Cl^-, Br^-, I^-, F^-, S^2-, as well as glass and silver billet electrodes were used. The method was tested in the determination of binary mixtures of halides (Cl^-, Br^-, I^-, and F^-) by titration with solutions of silver nitrate, alone and mixed with lanthanum or thorium nitrate as required. Various factors influencing the determination were investigated. Results of simultaneous determinations of mixtures were in good agreement with the results of separate determinations within certain concentration limits. The method was successfully applied to the determination of a four-component halide mixture. Titrations of mixtures of fluoride with thiocyanate or hexacyanoferrate(III), and some other possibilities, are also reported.     

Simulation of titration curves indicated with two indicator electrodes (biamperometry)

A rigorous method to simulate titration curves with indication using two indicator electrodes (biamperometry) is presented. Computer simulations can be carried out for reversible as well as for irreversible systems. The different parameters like the area of the individual electrodes, applied potential difference, heterogeneous rate constant, and the kinetic parameter were varied and investigated as to their influence upon the shape of the titration curves. The theoretically derived effects match with the effects obtained by experiment. Considering the effects described here, it is possible to tailor the shape of the titration curve by the experimental conditions for specific applications in order to get an optimum shape at the end point of the titration.     

Application of various electrodes in potentiometric titration of calcium

In complexometric titrations various indicator electrodes may be employed for monitoring the course of titration and for detection of the end-point. Several of them, including the silver, mercury, bivalent cation membrane, calcium membrane and manganese dioxide electrodes were investigated and compared in their usefulness. As titrant, EDTA was mostly used, but results with similar chelating titrants were also obtained. The practical utility of the electrodes in titrations depends on their selectivity, magnitude of the end-point break and precision in determination of the end-point. For the electrodes studied, in some instances there is good correlation between the theoretical and experimental titration curves, but it is not always possible to predict the electrode response in the low activity range. In other cases poor correlation does not mean that reasonably good analytical results may not be obtained.     

On the accuracy of acid-base determinations from potentiometric titrations using only a few points from the titration curve

There are several procedures which use only a few points on the titration curve for the calculation of equivalence volumes in acid-base titrations. The accuracy of such determinations will depend on the positions of the points on the titration curve. The effects of errors in the stability constants and in the pH measurements on the accuracy of the analysis have been considered, and the results are used to establish the conditions under which these errors are minimized.     

Gran电位滴定法测定乳酸环丙沙星

介绍了乳酸环丙沙星测定的Gran电位滴定法。采用Gran线性函数进行电位滴定,经图解外推或线性回归处理求出计量点,可直接用于测定乳酸环丙沙星原料药的含量。该法用于多批原料药的测定,结果与药典法基本一致。     

Determination of equivalence points of sigmoidal potentiometric titration curves

The equivalence point of potentiometric titration curves coinciding with the point of inflection is calculated from the maximum of the first derivative or the zero of the second derivative. The approximation of the curve is carried out by means of cubicB-splines. The quality of the fitted curve depends on the number and position (proportionally spaced or equidistant) of knots. Series of simulated and measured titration curves were evaluated. Optimum fits were obtained with knot numbers about 20–35% of the number of data points. Only proportionally spaced splines are applicable for all types of curves and produce results of high accuracy.     

Ion-selective electrodes in potentiometric titrations; a new method for processing and evaluating titration data

A new method to convert the potential of an ion-selective electrode to concentration or activity in potentiometric titration is proposed. The advantage of this method is that the electrode standard potential and the slope of the calibration curve do not have to be known. Instead two activities on the titration curve have to be estimated e.g. the starting activity before the titration begins and the activity at the end of the titration in the presence of large excess of titrant. This new method is beneficial when the analyte is in a complexed matrix or in a harsh environment which affects the properties of the electrode and the traditional calibration procedure with standard solutions cannot be used. The new method was implemented both in a method of linearization based on the Grans's plot and in determination of the stability constant of a complex and the concentration of the complexing ligand in the sample. The new method gave accurate results when using titrations data from experiments with samples of known composition and with real industrial harsh black liquor sample. A complexometric titration model was also developed.     

Semiconductor gallium arsenide electrodes for the potentiometric titration of mercaptans in raw hydrocarbons

Electrochemically modified electrodes based on gallium arsenide (GaAs) were designed for the potentiometric determination of mercaptans in raw hydrocarbons. The main electrochemical characteristics (linearity range of the electrode function, limit of detection, and slope of electrode function) were studied. The argentometric titration of mercaptans in a gas condensate was performed using the GaAs electrodes prior to and after modification. The use of the electrochemically modified electrode ensures a more reliable determination of the titration end-point.     

Critical comparison of evaluation methods of potentiometric titration data using a microcomputer-controlled automatic potentiometric titration system

A microcomputer-controlled automatic potentiometric titrator withP controlled intelligent auto-sampler has been built for serial analysis. Controlling and evaluating programs have also been written. In order to use the most powerful evaluating method, a comparison was made between the methods. The data of the titration curves were obtained by the implicit relation characterizing the curve. The different evaluating methods were tested by using these data. The effects of random errors stemming from measurements were also investigated. The methods used were: two point differentiating formula, differentiation of interpolating and smoothing spline functions, the Gran method, and implicit regression with the Gauss-Newton-Marquardt method. Regression is outstanding among the methods, but it needs much more computing time compared with others. The second-best method is the differentiation with smoothing spline function with end point determination based on finding the sign reversal of the second derivative. This method is much faster than regression.     

Determination of chloride in sulphuric acid by potentiometric mercurometric titration

The chloride content of concentrated sulphuric acid is determined by mercurometric titration in 80% v/v methanol medium, with a mercury pool as indicator electrode. The method is simple, fast, accurate and reasonably sensitive (limit of detection 4.5 μg/ml), and suitable for routine application.     

Multiparametric curve fitting-XIII Reliability of formation constants determined by analysis of potentiometric titration data

The formation (protonation) constants log K_i, of the acid H_jL are determined by regression analysis of potentiometric titration data when common parameters (log K_i, i = 1,…, j) and group parameters (E⁰′, L₀, H_T) are refined. The influence of three kinds of error on the protonation constants has been investigated: error from the strategy of minimization, random error, and error from uncertain estimates of group parameters. An analysis of variance of the log K_i, matrix was made for 7 identical titrations and 8 computational strategies, or of 7 identical titrations and 8 different options of group parameters to be refined. The influence of the standard potential E⁰ of the glass-electrode cell on the systematic error in log K is greater than that of the acid concentration (L₀) or the concentration of titrant used (H_T). The ill-conditioned group parameters should be refined together with the common parameters (K_i), otherwise the estimates of log K_i, are not accurate enough. Two ways of calibrating the glass electrode cell were compared. Internal calibration (performed during titration) was more accurate than external calibration done separately. Of the programs tested ESAB and ACBA are the most powerful because they permit refinement of group parameters and internal calibration. Citric acid was chosen as model substance.     

Determination of traces of chloride and bromide ions by potentiometric titration

Summary A method is presented for the determination of chloride and bromide in the range of 10^–3 to 10^–6 M by potentiometric titration in nonaqueous medium using a commercial type platinum indicator electrode. ThisF procedure is more convenient and more accurate than the conventional method which uses silver electrode.

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Zusammenfassung Ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung von 10^–3 bis 10^–6 Mol Chlorid und Bromid durch potentiometrische Titration in nichtwäßrigem Medium mit Hilfe einer handelsüblichen Platin-Indikator-Elektrode wurde vorgeschlagen. Es ist einfacher und genauer als die übliche Methode mit einer Silberelektrode.

     

The accuracy and precision of the classical technique for locating the point of maximum slope on a potentiometric titration curve

When it is applied to data simulating those that might be obtained in the titration of either a strong acid or a monobasic weak acid with a strong base at the same concentration, the classical-technique for locating the end-point of a potentiometric titration has a bias that is statistically indistinguishable from zero. Its precision depends on the standard error of measurement of the volume of reagent but exhibits no detectable dependence on the standard error of measurement of the pH. If the acid is strong, the precision is improved by decreasing its concentration; if the acid a weak, the precision is improved by inccreasing its pK_a value or by decreasing its concentration.     

火试金富集--自动电位滴定法测定粗碲中的银含量

粗碲是由铜、铅、锌冶炼带来的副产品,其中含有大量的金、银等贵金属。快速准确检测粗碲中银含量,具有十分重要的意义。样品预先采用硫酸溶解,还原沉淀金、银,过滤分离大部分的铋、硒、碲等元素,经配料、高温熔融,熔融态的金属铅捕集试料中的贵金属形成铅扣,试料的其他物质与熔剂生成易熔性熔渣。将铅扣灰吹,得金银合粒,清除合粒表面粘附的杂质,经硝酸分金,用硫氰酸钾滴定法测定银量。银的加标回收率在99.5%～101%,相对标准偏差(RSD)小于5%。方法速度快,稳定性好,适用于粗碲中银含量的测定。