A PVC plasticized membrane sensor for nickel ions |
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Authors: | Krishnapillai Girish Kumar Remalakshmy Poduval Sareena John Pearl Augustine |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 682 022 Kochi, India |
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Abstract: | A new PVC membrane sensor, which is highly selective towards Ni (II) ions, has been developed using a thiophene-derivative
Schiff base as the ionophore. The best performance was exhibited by the membrane having the composition percentage ratio of
5:3:61:31 (ionophore:NaTPB:DBP:PVC) (w/w), where NaTPB is the anion excluder, sodium tetraphenylborate and DBP is the plasticizing
agent (dibutyl phthalate). The membrane exhibited a good Nernstian response for nickel ions over the concentration range of
1.0 × 10−1–5.0 × 10−6 M (limit of detection is 1.8 × 10−6 M) with a slope of 29.5 ± 1.0 mV per decade of activity. It has a fast response time of <20 s and can be used for a period
of 4 months with good reproducibility. The sensor is suitable for use in aqueous solutions of a wide pH range of 3.2–7.9.
The sensor shows high selectivity to nickel ions over a large number of mono-, bi- and trivalent cations. It has been successfully
used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of nickel ions against EDTA and also for direct determination
of nickel content in real samples – wastewater samples from electroplating industries and Indian chocolates. |
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Keywords: | : Nickel-selective sensor PVC matrix thiophene-derivative Schiff base potentiometry |
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