A unified ion chromatographic system for the determination of acidity and alkalinity.

A unified ion chromatographic (IC) system was developed for the determination of acidity or alkalinity. Separation column used was a reversed-phase ODS packed column, which had been modified by saturating it with lithium dodecylsulfate. A slightly acidified LiCl (50 mM LiCl and 0.05 mM H2SO4) aqueous solution was used as the eluent. By conditioning the separation column in this way, both H+ and Li+ ions became bound to the stationary phase. Dodecylsulfate groups with Li+ counterions acted as cation-exchange sites for the separation of hydrogen ions (free acidity determination). The remaining dodecylsulfate groups, with H+ counterions acted as a titrant, which reacted with basic species (total alkalinity determination). The acidity or alkalinity of each sample was measured according to the change in conductance from the eluent baseline level. A positive peak was observed from those samples with a free acidity greater than their total alkalinity, due to the separation/elution of free H+ ions. A negative peak was observed from those samples with a free acidity less than their total alkalinity. This was due to an equivalent amount of eluent H+ ions being re-supplied to the stationary phase while the "solid titrant" consumed by the acid-base reaction was regenerated. The retention time for the peak corresponding to the acidity or alkalinity was governed by the retention time for H+ ions in this IC system. Samples with a free acidity greater than 2.25 microM (tested by determination of H+ ions in pure water in equilibrium with atmospheric CO2) could be analyzed by this method. A very similar detection level was obtained for alkalinity (tested by analyzing standard aqueous NaHCO3 solutions). Aqueous solutions of some strong-acid/strong-base inorganic salts were found to be slightly alkaline. This was measured as a percentage, relative to an NaHCO3 solution at the same concentration. Solutions of NaClO4, Na2SO4, NaI, NaNO3, and NaCl, gave comparative alkalinity values of 8.75%, 1.83%, 0.42%, 0.35%, and 0.33%, respectively.     

Controlled dynamic titrator

The controlled dynamic titrator described operates with constant titrant flow and time-proportional sample flow; sample and titrant are mixed in a microcell and the equivalence point is reached when the products of the normalities and flow rates of the titrant and the sample are equal. Titration times are measured and printed out. The concentration of the sample is inversely proportional to the titration time. The automatic titrator is discontinuous and suitable for on-line and off-line use. The cycle time of the motor-driven programmer is 2 min. Flow-through detectors for potentiometric, photometric or voltammetric indication can be used for a selection of acid—base and redox titrations. With this equipment, titration of large series of liquid samples with similar contents is simple.     

Test method for the determination of overall quality characteristics of water using indicator papers

Test systems were proposed for the determination of total hardness, acidity, alkalinity, pH, total concentration of heavy metals, and active chlorine in natural, industrial, and potable water by the length of the colored zone and color intensity of indicator papers or the test liquid after placing reactive papers in it. The ranges of the parameters to be determined were as follows: 0.001–30 mM for total hardness, 0–5 mM for total acidity, 0–30 mM for total alkalinity, 5 × 10⁻⁸–5 × 10⁻⁴ M for the total concentrations of heavy metals, and 0.3–500 mg/L for active chlorine. The time of analysis was 10–15 min; the relative standard deviation of the results of analysis was no higher than 30%.     

卡尔费休滴定法测定液体推进剂混胺燃料中水分

液体推进剂混胺燃料中作为主要组分存在的三乙胺使其显示较高的碱性,对用卡尔费休滴定法测定其水分含量时产生干扰。提出了在试样的甲醇滴定介质中加入一定量的乙酸,保持液体混胺试样和乙酸的体积比小于或等于3比5,达到使滴定介质的酸度控制在最佳pH范围5～6之间。经此操作,由三乙胺的高碱度引起的干扰可消除。对已知水分含量的混胺试样按方法进行分析,算得其水分测定值的相对标准偏差(n=12)为2.1%。取不同批号的混胺试样7件,按方法进行分析并用标准气量法对结果进行校核。两种方法测定结果的相对偏差在-0.023%～0.033%之间。又根据t-检验法的结果认定,两方法所得测定值之间不存在显著差异。     

Coulometric titration with air transported sample

Air transported samples of a mixture containing the analyte and a supporting electrolyte are consecutively propelled into a microconduit system through a titration cell, a coil and a detector cell. Different amounts of electrochemically generated titrant are obtained in the separate samples while they are passing through the titration cell. Various quantities of the titrant are achieved by changing the duration of the titrant generating process that is done by various time for the sample solution staying in the titration cell (different sample movement rate). The titrated sample is then homogenised in the coil and detected in an electrochemical detector cell that supplies necessary data for the analyte determination. The declared method is experimentally verified on coulometric titration of hydrochloric acid (HCl) with electrogenerated sodium hydroxide and a titration of aniline with bromine generated in a bromide solution.     

多元校正流动注射电位滴定法同时测定苯甲酸和山梨酸

将流动注射应用于酸碱电位滴定分析,建立了一种可同时测定混合有机酸的电位滴定新方法。在该方法中,用氢氧化钠与氯化钾的混合溶液作为滴定剂,在流通池中同时插入pH指示电极和氯离子指示电极,在滴定过程中的任一滴定点,流出液的pH值和酸碱的混合比例可由两个电极的电位测定值同时获得,从而可应用多元校正法由相应的滴定曲线求得混合酸中每一种组分的含量。该方法不仅免去了体积和时间读数,而且减少了试剂和样品的消耗量,分析速度快。应用该方法对混合样品中的苯甲酸和水杨酸进行同时测定,其相对标准偏差分别为0．19％～0．37％,回收率分别为97．3％～102．6％。     

全固态穿刺复合Sb/Sb_xO_y-pH传感器的制备及性能研究

报道了一种直接测定固体、半固体及糊状物表面和内部pH的全固态复合Sb/SbxOy-pH传感器,研究了该传感器的制备工艺、性能、测试条件等。该pH传感器线性范围2～12,响应斜率-58.98mV/pH,响应时间≤30s,漂移≤0.1pH/24h,用于实际样品与pH玻璃电极对照,ΔpH≤0.1。通过交流阻抗技术,探讨了电极的动力学机理。     

海洋沉积物孔隙水总碱度的现场分析方法

海洋沉积物孔隙水总碱度及其分布对海洋天然气水合物的调查研究具有重要意义.孔隙水总碱度异常对于判断天然气水合物的存在具有重要的指示作用.建立了利用微量水样品测试总碱度的方法,将2.00 mL孔隙水样品加入10.00 mL已知总碱度的海水样品中,使用盐酸标准溶液滴定、pH计监控法测定混合溶液的总碱度,然后计算出加入孔隙水样品的总碱度.方法所需样品量少,测定结果的相对标准偏差小于2％(n=12),方法简便可行,可用于船上海洋沉积物孔隙水总碱度的现场测定.     

An automatic system for acidity determination based on sequential injection titration and the monosegmented flow approach

An automatic sequential injection system, combining monosegmented flow analysis, sequential injection analysis and sequential injection titration is proposed for acidity determination. The system enables controllable sample dilution and generation of standards of required concentration in a monosegmented sequential injection manner, sequential injection titration of the prepared solutions, data collecting, and handling. It has been tested on spectrophotometric determination of acetic, citric and phosphoric acids with sodium hydroxide used as a titrant and phenolphthalein or thymolphthalein (in the case of phosphoric acid determination) as indicators. Accuracy better than |4.4|% (RE) and repeatability better than 2.9% (RSD) have been obtained. It has been applied to the determination of total acidity in vinegars and various soft drinks. The system provides low sample (less than 0.3 mL) consumption. On average, analysis of a sample takes several minutes.     

Flow injection titration basing on the merging-zone technique

The proposed approach relies on titration of a sample that is gradually diluted in strictly controlled way in the flow injection system developed. On each step of sample dilution equal volumes of the sample and titrant solutions are simultaneously injected into two carrier streams and the zones are merged with each other. Then, they are mixed completely in the mixing chamber, merged with a stream of indicator and directed to a detector. It has been revealed that the method provides the results with accuracy better than ±3.3% (RE) and with mean repeatability lower than 1.0% (RSD). When the analyte concentration in a sample is too low to be determined directly, the procedure of titration with standard addition is exploited. The proposed approach has been successfully applied to the determination of total acidity in vinegars and magnesium and calcium in pharmaceutical products. The results obtained were comparable with those provided by the reference methods. The proposed procedure is characterized by low consumption of sample (usually less than 2 mL), titrant (about 3 mL) and indicator (about 0.6 mL). Average time of a single analysis is similar to time of traditional batch analysis.     

Electrochemical titrations of thiosulfate, sulfite, dichromate and permanganate using dual microband electrodes

Applications of titration using dual gold microband electrodes in generator-collector mode are presented. The main advantage is that the method dispenses with the need for accurate volume measurements and reagent preparation: rather than balancing of molar amounts, the fluxes of analyte and titrant are balanced instead. The titrant is generated electrochemically and the end-point is detected amperometrically by the appearance of a current due to the presence of the titrant at the other band. The aim is to show the versatility and capability of the method that employs disposable mass-produced electrodes and uses pulsed motion of the electrode before a measurement to renew the boundary conditions. The titration of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) with ferricyanide, which has been a model system, was extended to the determination of thiosulfate and sulfite with iodine and the determination of dichromate and permanganate with iron(II). The accuracy, limited by the present fabrication reproducibility of the disposable electrodes, is +/- 10%. The results demonstrate that the method is effective even with a very simple set-up, and the actual time needed for common titrations is significantly decreased. These examples demonstrate a comprehensive basis for further development and applications, including standard titrations in industry.     

4-(3,5-Dichloro-2-pyridylazo)-1-3-diaminobenzene-graphite paste electrode for end-point detection in the automatic potentiometric titration of zinc(II) with EDTA

A simple and sensitive potentiometric sensor for end-point detection in the automatic titration of Zn(II) with EDTA was prepared and studied. The sensor was based on a conventional carbon paste which was mixed during preparation with 4-(3,5-dichloro-2-pyridil-azo)-1,3-diaminobenzene (3,5-Cl2PADAB). pH effects, buffer concentration, reagent content into carbon paste and the presence of foreign salts on the electrode response were studied. Titration curves with sharp end-point breaks were obtained in Zn(II) concentration range from 0.5 to 6550 ppm. The electrode was easily made and with very inexpensive materials. A titrimetric method for the determination of zinc in insulin by automatic potentiometric end-point detection is described. It was applied to the determination of the metal in two commercial pharmaceutical preparations. The results were in good agreement with those obtained by the U.S. Pharmacopeia standard method.     

Septonex-tetraphenylborate screen-printed ion selective electrode for the potentiometric determination of Septonex in pharmaceutical preparations

A screen-printed electrode (SPE) was fabricated for the determination of 1-(ethoxycarbonyl)pentadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (Septonex) based on the use of Septonex-tetraphenylborate as the electroactive substance, and o-nitrophenyloctylether (o-NPOE) as the plasticizing agent. The electrode passes a near-Nernstian cationic slope of 59.33 ± 0.85 mV from activity between pH values of 2 to 9 with a lower detection limit of 9×10(-7) M and response time of about 5 s and exhibits an adequate shelf-life of 6 months. The method was applied for the determination of Septonex in pharmaceutical preparations. A percentage recovery of 99.88% was obtained with RSD=1.24%. The electrode was successfully applied in the determination of Septonex in laboratory-prepared samples by direct potentiometric, calibration curve and standard addition methods. Potentiometric titration of Septonex with sodium tetraphenylborate and phosphotungstic acid as a titrant was monitored with the modified screen-printed electrode as an end-point indicator electrode. Selectivity coefficients for Septonex relative to a number of potential interfering substances were determined. The sensor was highly selective for Septonex over a large number of compounds. Selectivity coefficient data for some common ions show negligible interference; however, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and iodide ions interfere significantly. The analytical usefulness of the proposed electrode was evaluated by its application in the determination of Septonex in laboratory-prepared pharmaceutical samples with satisfactory results. The results obtained with the fabricated sensor are comparable with those obtained by the British Pharmacopeia method.     

异丙隆分子印迹敏感膜传感器

在弱酸(pH 5.5)条件下,采用电聚合法在金电极上制备邻氨基酚异丙隆分子印迹膜,对该印迹膜的性能、分子印迹效应和印迹膜对模板分子及其结构相似物的选择性响应等进行了研究.以K3Fe(CN)6为印迹电极和底液间的探针,建立了一种检测异丙隆的方法.该传感器对异丙隆具有良好的选择性和敏感度,异丙隆浓度在1.0×10-7～4.0×10-4 mol/L范围内与K3Fe(CN)6还原峰电流减少量呈线性关系; 检出限为2.95×10-8 mol/L.对农田水中异丙隆含量进行了测定,回收率为99.0%～102.0%.     

Microdetermination of thiocyanates with N-Bromosuccinimide using bordeaux red as an indicator

Summary N-bromosuccinimide has been used as a direct titrant for thiocyanates. Bordeaux red has been used as an indicator. In case of ammonium thiocyanate, nitrogen is evolved. While in case of potassium thiocyanate 0.5- to 2-mg samples were analyzed and maximum relative standard deviation was 1% in case of 0.5-mg sample. In case of ammonium thiocyanate 0.3- to 2.5-mg samples were analyzed and maximum relative standard diviation was 0.9% in case of 0.7-mg sample. The method is quick, precise and accurate.

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Zusammenfassung N-Bromsuccinimid wurde als Maßlösung zur direkten Titration von Thiocyanat verwendet. Bordeauxrot diente hierbei als Indikator. Bei der Titration von Kaliumrhodanid betrug die relative Standardabweichung 2% (bei 0,5 mg Einwaage), im Falle von Ammoniumrhodanid 0,9% (bei 0,7 mg Einwaage).

     

A conductometric method for colloid titrations

A negative or positive colloid sample solution can be directly titrated, respectively, with a polycationic (poly-N, N-diallyldimethylammonium chloride) or polyanionic (potassium polyvinylsulfate) titrant to a conductometric end-point. With the conventional toluidine blue indicator method a positive colloid solution is titrated directly with a polyanionic titrant, but a negative colloid solution must be treated with an excess of a polycationic titrant, which is back-titrated with the polyanionic titrant. For positive colloid solutions, both indicator and conductometric methods are suitable; for negative colloids the conductometric method is preferable because of its constant titration vlues over a range of pH values.     

Determination of Protoberberine Alkaloids in Coptis chinensis by Microextraction and High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Sample preparation technique based on an organic filter membrane (pH-resolved filter membrane microextraction) (pH-RFMME) was developed, coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography, and used to determine protoberberine alkaloids (jatrorrhizine, epiberberine, coptisine, palmatine, and berberine) in Coptis chinensis at different pH values through a one-step procedure. This green procedure provides a desirable sample pretreatment technology. The main variables affecting the extraction such as filter membrane area (or volumes of extraction solvents), sample pH, eluent pH, ionic strength, extraction stirring rate, extraction time, and sample volume were optimized. Under the optimized conditions, the enrichment factors of the analytes were 40.4–52.0, the linear ranges were 3.2–6250 ng · mL^?1 for jatrorrhizine and epiberberine, 6.0–12000 ng · mL^?1 for coptisine, 1.8–3600 ng · mL^?1 for palmatine, and 18.8–18800 ng · mL^?1 for berberine, with r ² ≥ 0.9945. The limits of detection were less than 0.3 ng · mL^?1. Satisfactory recoveries (84.8%–115.5%) and precision (1.8%–10.0%) were also achieved. These results confirmed that pH-RFMME is a simple, rapid, practical, and environmentally friendly method to isolate analytes that exhibit significant differences in acidity or alkalinity from complex samples.     

A novel pH sensing membrane based on an ionic liquid-polymer composite

A novel pH sensing membrane was developed that consists of the ionic liquid n-cetylpyridinium hexafluorophosphate (CPFP), poly(vinyl chloride), and quinhydrone. The membrane is stable and flexible and can be easily deposited on the electrode. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was used to study the interfacial charge transfer of this membrane. Compared to a traditional plasticizer-based membrane electrode, the new electrode possesses excellent potentiometric characteristics for monitoring pH, such as a response time of less than 10 s, high sensitivity, stability, and reproducibility. The response is almost Nernstian, with a slope of ?57.5?±?0.2 mV pH^?1 in the pH range from 2 to 9.5. The new electrode was used for direct monitoring of pH in real food samples.

Determination of hypophosphite and phosphite by their reduction of iodine,iodate, or periodate and mercury(I) titration of iodide

A new potentiometric method is adopted for the accurate determination of hypophosphite and phosphite alone or in their mixtures using alcoholic iodine, iodate, and periodate. Hg(I) was used as titrant for the produced iodide in case of using alcoholic iodine as oxidant or for the excess added iodide in case of iodate and periodate as oxidants using silver amalgam as the indicatior electrode. The potential breaks which average 300 mV per 0.1 ml of titrant were sharp enough for precise determination of endpoints, and hence the high accuracy of the present method.     

A novel membrane sensor for histamine H1-receptor antagonist "fexofenadine".

The construction and general performance of thirteen new polymeric membrane sensors for the determination of fexofenadine hydrochloride based on its ion exchange with reineckate, tetraphenylborate and tetraiodomercurate have been studied. The effects of membrane composition, type of plasticizer, pH value of sample solution and concentration of the analyte in the sensor internal solution have been thoroughly investigated. The novel sensor based on reineckate exchanger shows a stable, potentiometric response for fexofenadine in the concentration range of 1 x 10(-2) - 2.5 x 10(-6) M at 25 degrees C that is independent of pH in the range of 2.0 - 4.5. The sensor possesses a Nernstian cationic slope of 62.3+/-0.7 mV/concentration decade and a lower detection limit of 1.3 x 10(-6) M with a fast response time of 20 - 40 s. Selectivity coefficients for a number of interfering ions and excipients relative to fexofenadine were investigated. There is negligible interference from almost all studied cations, anions, and pharmaceutical excipients, however, citrizine that has a structure homologous to that of fexofenadine was found to interfere. The determination of fexofenadine in aqueous solution shows an average recovery of 99.83% with a mean relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.5%. Direct potentiometric determination of fexofenadine in tablets gave results that compare favorably with those obtained by standard spectrophotometric methods. Potentiometric titration of fexofenadine with phosphomolybdic acid as a titrant has been monitored with the proposed sensor as an end point indicator electrode.