Plastic membrane electrodes for amprolium

The construction and general performance characteristics of two PVC membrane sensors responsive to the amprolium (AmpH²⁺) cation are described. These sensors are based on the ion-associates amprolium-tetraphenylborate (AmpH-TPB) and amprolium-reineckate (AmpH-Rk). The electrodes exhibit near-Nernstian response for the doubly charged amprolium cation over the concentration ranges 0.1–100 and 0.01–100 mM for AmpH-TPB and AmpH-Rk, respectively. The pH does not affect electrode performance within the range 7.0–11.0. No interferences are caused by many inorganic cations, sugars and amino acids. The isothermal coefficients are found to be 0.0001306 and 0.0010438 V/ °C for AmpH-TPB and AmpH-Rk, respectively. Potentiometric titration and standard addition methods were used to determine amprolium in pure solutions and in veterinary soluble powder, with high accuracy and precision.