Electrochemical behaviors of adrenaline at acetylene black electrode in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate

The electrochemical behaviors of adrenaline at the acetylene black electrode in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results indicated that the electrochemical responses of adrenaline were apparently improved by SDS, due to the enhanced accumulation of protonated adrenaline via electrostatic interaction with negatively charged SDS at the hydrophobic electrode surface. This was verified by the influences of different kinds of surfactants on the electrochemical signals of adrenaline. The electrochemical parameters of the adrenaline oxidation were explored by chronocoulometry. Under optimal working conditions, the oxidation peak current at 0.57 V was proportional to adrenaline concentration in the range of 5.0x10(-8) to 7.0x10(-6) mol/L, with a low detection limit of 1.0x10(-8)mol/L for 70s accumulation by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). This method was applied to determine adrenaline in the hydrochloride injection sample. The results are satisfying compared with that by the standardized method of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).     

SDS存在下肌红蛋白在乙炔黑电极上的电化学行为研究

基于十二烷基磺酸钠(SDS)存在下,研究肌红蛋白(Mb)在乙炔黑电极上的电化学行为,建立了一种简便灵敏的肌红蛋白电化学分析方法.采用循环伏安法(CV)和差分脉冲伏安法(DPV)进行分析,SDS能显著提高肌红蛋白在乙炔黑电极上的还原峰电流.在最佳实验条件下,峰电流与肌红蛋白浓度在5.6×10-10 mol/L～2.8×10-7mol/L范围内有良好的线性关系,检出限为4.5×10-10 mol/L.方法用于合成样品中肌红蛋白含量的测定.乙炔黑电极可以作为传感器,用于样品中Mb的舍量测定.     

C.I. Reactive Orange 16-dodecylpyridinium chloride interactions in electrolytic solutions

The effect of electrolytes on the interaction between an anionic dye and a cationic surfactant was investigated spectrophotometrically in submicellar concentration range at certain temperature. The spectral change of the azo dye C.I. Reactive Orange 16 (RO16) exhibits a high sensitivity to the polarity of dye's environment. Dodecylpyridinium chloride (DPC) affects the electronic absorption spectra of dye solution that is dye-surfactant interaction results formation of complex and therefore a decrease in maximum absorption spectra (1.577 at 494 nm). The electrolyte cations cause an increase of the absorbance of DPC-RO16 ion-pair complex in the following order: Ca(2+)>Na(+)>NH(4)(+)>K(+)>Mg(2+), also for electrolyte anions Br(-)>Cl(-)>SO(4)(2-). Furthermore, this order can be changeable with increasing electrolyte concentration. The increase on absorbance value with increasing electrolyte concentration is explained as charge screening. The increase or decrease on absorption spectra of RO16-DPC solution depends on concentration range of the electrolyte added. As an increase on absorbance value with increasing electrolyte concentration is explained as charge screening, a decrease in this value for higher concentration of electrolyte is attributed as the charge of micelle shape.     

Deformation at the contacts of sodium chloride crystals in the presence of water

The processes taking place at the intergrain contacts during powder pressing in dissolving media are studied. The threshold stress corresponding to a change in the mechanism (the transition from the dislocation glide to the recrystallization creep) of sodium chloride deformation in the presence of its saturated aqueous solution is determined. An equation is proposed for describing the variations in the compaction rate of powders in the course of their deformation.     

Electrochemical oxidation of barbituric acids at low pH in the presence of chloride ion

Barbituric acid, 1-methylbarbituric acid and 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid are electrochemically oxidized at the pyrolytic graphite electrode by way of a single voltammetric peak at pH 1 in the presence of chloride ion. At least four products are formed as a result of the reaction, the three major products, accounting for more than 80–90% of the oxidized barbituric acid, are the appropriately N-methylated 5,5′-dichlorohydurilic acids, 5,5-dichlorobarbituric acids and alloxans. The mechanism appears to proceed by an initial potential-controlling 1e/1H⁺ oxidation of the barbituric acids to give a barbituric acid radical. This can dimerize to hydurilic acid, which is then further electrochemically oxidized. However, this appears to be a minor route. The barbituric acid radical appears to be mainly further electrooxidized (1e) to a carbonium ion which further reacts with nucleophiles such as chloride ion to give 5-chlorobarbituric acid, or with water to give dialuric acid. Further electrochemical oxidation and chemical reactions of the latter species results in formation of the ultimate products.     

Flow injection amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide by oxidation at an iridium oxide electrode

Either an iridium electrode that was anodically pretreated or a glassy carbon electrode that was coated with a film that contained iridium oxide promoted the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide. With flow injection methodology, linear calibration curves were obtained over the 2 × 10⁻⁵ −3.6 × 10−8M range with 0.1M KOH as the carrier. With solutions of pH 11, oxidation occurred at applied potentials of near 0.0 V vs. SCE, which is much lower than potentials needed at bare Pt or glassy carbon. The low overpotential suggests applications to systems where oxidation of other species limits the use of bare electrodes. Cyclic voltammetric studies show that HO₂⁻ is the electroactive species and that catalysis rather than mediation promotes the charge transfer. Dissolved oxygen does not interfere with the measurement.     

Amperometric detection of ultra trace amounts of Hg(I) at the surface boron doped diamond electrode modified with iridium oxide

Iridium oxide (IrOx) films formed electrochemically on the surface boron doped diamond electrode by potential cycling in the range −0.2 to 1.2 V from a saturated solution of alkaline iridium(III) solution. A strongly adherent deposit of iridium oxide is formed after 5–10 potential scans. The properties, stability and electrochemical behavior of iridium oxide layers were investigated by atomic force microscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode modified with electrodeposition of a thin film, exhibited an excellent catalytic activity for oxidation of Hg(I) over a wide pH range. The modified electrode shows excellent analytical performance for Hg(I) amperometric detection. The detection limit, sensitivity, response time and dynamic concentration ranges are 3.2 nM, 77 nA μM⁻¹, 100 ms and 5 nM–5 μM. These analytical parameters compare favorably with those obtained with modern analytical techniques and recently published electrochemical methods.     

The standard electrode potential of the silver-silver chloride electrode in 5 wt. % tetramethylurea-water mixture at 30°C

Electromotive force measurements were made at 30°C with the cell $$H_2 (g)|Pt(s)|HCl(m){\text{ }}TMU(x){\text{ }}H_2 O(100 - x)|AgCl(s)|Ag(s)$$ wherex=5 wt. % tetramethylurea (TMU). The standard electrode potential of the silver-silver chloride electrode, the mean molal activity coefficient of hydrogen chloride, the primary medium effect, and the free energy of transfer of hydrogen chloride from the aqueous standard state to the standard state in the mixed solvent were derived from the measurements. The acquisition of data was limited to this single composition and temperature because of the difficulty of preparing hydrogen electrodes for this solvent medium. The results obtained for hydrogen chloride in 5 wt. % tetramethylurea-water mixture are discussed, relative to other organic-aqueous mixtures of the same composition, in terms of structural effects and hydrogen bonding.     

Polymerization of vinyl chloride in the presence of precipitants. I

The kinetics of bulk and precipitation polymerization of vinyl chloride has been studied over wide range of reaction temperature by using γ-ray induced initiation. The autoacceleration effect, which has been observed by many investigators in the case of chemically initiated bulk polymerization of vinyl chloride above 40°C and has been the most controversial aspect of the bulk polymerization of vinyl chloride, was found to disappear in the bulk polymerization below 0°C. In the bulk polymerization at 40°C, the autoacceleration effect was observed up to 20%, in agreement with the results of previous investigators, and a pronounced effect of the size of polymer particles on the time–conversion curve was observed. The kinetics of precipitation polymerization of vinyl chloride in the presence of some nonsolvents was successfully described by a oneparameter equation. A kinetic scheme, which clearly explains the zero-order reaction behavior of bulk polymerization at low temperature and the kinetic behavior of precipitation polymerization described by the empirical equation, is proposed. The autoacceleration effect in the bulk polymerization at 40°C was considered to be essentially the same phenomenon as the small retardation period observed in the bulk polymerization at low temperature.     

Thallous chloride complexes in 0 to 6 molal sodium chloride at 25°C

The solubility of thallous chloride in sodium chloride solutions varies from 16.2×10⁻³ in distilled water to 3.5×10⁻³m in 6.0m NaCl. The solubility curve is described by the formation of Tl⁺, TlCl⁰, TlCl ₂ ^t- , and TlCl ₄ ³⁻ . At low NaCl concentrations, Tl⁺ and TlCl⁰ are the main species and TlCl ₄ ³⁻ . appears to be more stable than TlCl ₃ ²⁻     

High sensitivity voltammetric determination of sodium nitroprusside at acetylene black electrode in the presence of CTAB

A sensitive electroanalytical method for detection of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) was investigated, on the basis of the enhanced electrochemical response of SNP at an acetylene black electrode (ABE) in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Voltammetric studies showed that SNP exhibited a pair of quasi-reversible redox peaks at ABE in the presence of CTAB while no any redox peak was observed in the absence of CTAB. This was attributed to the enhanced adsorption of SNP at AB through electrostatic interactions between SNP and CTAB as well as hydrophobic adsorption of CTAB at the hydrophobic surface of ABE. Under optimal working conditions, the reduction current was proportional to the concentration of SNP in the range of 1.0x10(-7) to 1.0x10(-5) mol/L and 1.0x10(-5) to 1.0x10(-2) mol/L. A low detection limit of 5.0x10(-9) mol/L was obtained for 2 min accumulation at open circuit (S/N=3). The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of SNP in pharmaceutical dosage forms.     

Electrochemical determination of tyrosine in the presence of uric acid at a carbon paste electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes enhanced by sodium dodecyl sulfate

Tyrosine (Tyr) was quantitated with high sensitivity and selectivity in the presence of uric acid (UA) using a carbon paste electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Tyr and UA were catalytically oxidized with diffusion-controlled characteristics. They were determined simultaneously by differential pulse voltammetry with a potential difference of 350 mV. The electrocatalytic currents increase linearly with Tyr and UA concentrations 4×10^?7?1×10^?4 M and 3×10^?7?2×10^?4 M. Their detection limits were 1×10^?7 and 5.1×10^?8 M respectively. In the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate the Tyr detection limit improved from 1×10^?7 to 6.9×10^?8 M. The electrode was successfully used to quantitate Tyr and UA in serum.      

Ionization of carbonic acid in sodium chloride solutions at 25°C

The stoichiometric pK ₁ ^* and pK ₂ ^* for the ionization of carbonic acid has been determined from emf measurements in NaCl soluions to 6.0m at 25°C. Our results at low concentrations are in good agreement with the results of Harned and Bonner, of Dyrssen and Hansson and of Roy et al. The calculated values of pK ₁ ^* using Pitzer's equations agree with the measured values to ±0.01 pK units provided higher order terms are used. It was necessary to use a triplet interaction parameter () and higher order electrostatic terms (^E) to calculate reliable values of pK ₂ ^* (±0.03 pK units) over the entire concentration range. These results demonstrate the reliability of the Pitzer equations to estimate activity coefficients in concentrated salt solutions.     

Acid association quotients of bis-tris in aqueous sodium chloride media to 125°C

The ionic strength and temperature dependencies of the molal acid association quotients of 2,2-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,2-nitrilotriethanol (also abbreviated as bis-tris) were determined potentiometrically in a concentration cell fitted with hydrogen electrodes. The emf was recorded for equimolal bis-tris/bis- trisHCl buffer solutions from 5 to 125°C at approximately 25°C intervals, and at nine ionic strengths from 0.05 to 5.0m (NaCl). The molal association quotients, combined with infinite dilution values from the literature, are described precisely by a seven parameter equation which yielded the following thermodynamic quantities at infinite dilution and 25°C: logK=6.481±0.003, H ^o =–28.5±0.2 kJ-mol ^–1 , S ^o =28.5±0.8 J-K ^–1 -mol ^–1 , and C _P ^o =–22±5 J-K ^–1 -mol ^–1 . The equation incorporates a simple three term expression for logK, but requires four terms to describe the rather complex ionic strength dependence despite the reaction being isocoulombic. The molal association quotients from this study and the literature were also subjected to the Pitzer ion interaction treatment.     

Electrochemical studies of derivatized thiol self-assembled monolayers on gold electrode in the presence of surfactants.

Electrochemical impendence spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were performed to investigate the barrier properties and electron transfer of derivatized thiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold in the presence of surfactants. The thiol derivatives used included 2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid (MES), 2-mercaptoacetic acid (MAA), and N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC). A simple equivalent circuit was derived to fit the impedance spectra very well. The negative redox probe [Fe(CN)6](3-/4-) was selected to indicate the electron-transfer efficiency on the interface of the studied electrodes. It was found that by changing the surface structure of SAMs, different surfactants could regulate the barrier properties and electron-transfer efficiency in different ways. A positively charged surfactant lowered the electrostatic repulsion between the negative redox probe and negatively charged surface groups of a monolayer, while enhancing the reversibility of electron transfer by virtue of increasing the redox probe concentration within the electric double-layer region. A neutral surfactant showed no significant effect, while a negative surfactant hindered the access and reaction of redox probe by electrostatic repulsion of same-sign charges.     

Lanthanide-fluoride ion association in aqueous sodium chloride solutions at 25°C

New results on lanthanide-fluoride ion association constants from potentiometric measurements in 1M NaCl at 25°C are presented for 13 lanthanide elements and compared with literature values. All data have been evaluated by taking two successive association steps into account and difluoro association constants are given where this is justified from the range of ligand numbers that could be reached before precipitation occurred. The lanthanide-monofluoride association constants may be arranged into several series usually referred to as the tetrad effect, and they show a maximum at Dy in the middle of the lanthanide series. Data on the ionic strength dependence of the lanthanide-monofluoride association constants in I=0.1, 0.5, 1.0, and 3.0M NaCl solutions for La, Nd, Tb, Er, and Lu are interpreted applying an extended Debye-Hückel formulation.     

双氯芬酸钠在多壁碳纳米管修饰电极上的电化学行为及其应用

应用循环伏安法和线性扫描伏安法研究了双氯芬酸钠在多壁碳纳米管修饰电极上的电化学行为,建立了一种直接测定双氯芬酸钠的电分析方法.在0.1 mol/L HClO4溶液中,双氯芬酸钠的氧化峰电位在0.38 V(vs Ag/AgCl),峰电流与浓度在2.0×10-7 mol/L～7.0 × 10-6 mol/L范围内呈线性关系,开路富集3 min后检出限为9.0×10-8 mol/L.5×10-6 mol/L双氯芬酸钠溶液平行测定10次的相对标准偏差(RSD)为4.5%.已用于扶他林片剂中双氯芬酸钠的测定.     

Ion association of lithium bromide,chloride and picrate and of sodium picrate in 2-propanol at 25°C. I. Conductance measurements

The molar conductances of lithium bromide, chloride and picrate, and of sodium picrate have been determined as a function of salt concentration in 2-propanol solvent at 25°C. Values of the limiting molar conductance, Λ₀, and ion pair formation constant K_A have been calculated for each of these salts using both the Fuoss 1978 and the Lee and Wheaton conductance equations. Both of these equations yield comparable results for the present systems. The limiting conductances found here are compored with those reported for lithium chloride in 1-propanol and acetone and with those for the picrates in acetone and 2-butanone, all solvents of comparable dielectric constants. The Rasaiah-Friedman square mound potential, h_+?/kT, has been calculated for each salt using the approach of Justice and Justice. These values for 2-propanol have been compared with those for lithium chloride in 1-propanol and in acetone and for the picrates in acetone and 2-butanone.     

Electrochemical sensitive determination of acetaminophen in pharmaceutical formulations at iron oxide/graphene composite modified electrode

Acetaminophen (AC) is one of the most commonly prescribed analgesic and antipyretic drug, which is considered to be safe as well as effective. Rational use of AC does not pose any toxicity or adverse effects, however, an overdose or prolonged use could lead to nephrotoxicity and severe hepatoxicity. Thus, monitoring of AC is essential for drug safety. In this work, a facile Fe₂O₃/reduced graphene oxide (Fe₂O₃/RGO) nanocomposite was synthesized for improved electrochemical detection of AC. The material was synthesized through a simple one-step process. For characterization of synthesized Fe₂O₃/RGO composite, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were employed. To verify the electrochemical performance of Fe₂O₃/RGO nanocomposite, GCE was modified with this nanocomposite and utilized for quantification of AC. The detection limit of AC was 21 nM in a linear range from 1.0 × 10⁻⁷ to 74 × 10⁻⁶ M. Furthermore, the sensor also unveiled good stability, promising sensitivity and selectivity. Hence, Fe₂O₃/RGO could be applied as a sensing material for electrochemical detection of AC. Finally, the analytical utility of the method was also verified in human urine and drug samples with some preliminary treatments.