Determination of arsenic(III) and copper(II) by stripping voltammetry in a mixed EDTA-phosphoric acid supporting electrolyte

The effect of the composition of a supporting electrolyte containing EDTA and H₃PO₄, the parameters of the analytical cycle, and the concentration of a depolarizer on the electrochemical behavior of arsenic(III) and copper(II) was studied by anodic stripping voltammetry at a gold-graphite electrode. The optimum conditions for determining these elements were found. Different techniques are proposed for the isolation of the analytical signals from the total voltammetric signal using postelectrolysis and subtracting voltammograms. It is shown that 0.007 µg/mL arsenic(III) can be determined in the presence of 30-fold amounts of copper(II) and 0.007 µg/mL copper(II) can be found in the presence of 40-fold amounts of arsenic(III).Translated from Zhurnal Analiticheskoi Khimii, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2005, pp. 179–186.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Kamenev, Lyakhov, Orlov.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with corrections to the author names and book review format.