Sample voltammetry

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Since these relations hold at any time along the current decay, for sampled voltammetry we can replace t by the sampling time r. Likewise, for the steady-state regime at a sphere, equations (5.4.63) and (5.4.64) can be rearranged and reexpressed as... 

It has therefore been termed an oligomethod. Consequently it has also a reasonably high determination rate. If more than one metal has to be determined, as is usually the case in environmental samples, voltammetry equals or even overcomes in analysis rate (with respect to this aspect in... 

Techniques, such as spectroscopy (Chapter 10), potentiometry (Chapter 11), and voltammetry (Chapter 11), in which the signal is proportional to the relative amount of analyte in a sample are called concentration techniques. Since most concentration techniques rely on measuring an optical or electrical signal, they also are known as instrumental techniques. For a concentration technique, the relationship between the signal and the analyte is a theoretical function that depends on experimental conditions and the instrumentation used to measure the signal. For this reason the value of k in equation 3.2 must be determined experimentally. 

Quantitative voltammetry has been applied to a wide variety of sample types, including environmental samples, clinical samples, pharmaceutical formulations, steels, gasoline, and oil. 

The concentration of copper in a sample of sea water is determined by anodic stripping voltammetry using the method of standard additions. When a 50.0-mL sample is analyzed, the peak current is 0.886 )J,A. A 5.00-)J,L spike of 10.0-ppm Cu + is added, giving a peak current of 2.52 )J,A. Calculate the parts per million of copper in the sample of sea water. 

Miscellaneous Samples Besides environmental and clinical samples, differential pulse polarography and stripping voltammetry have been used for the analysis of trace metals in other samples, including food, steels and other alloys, gasoline, gunpowder residues, and pharmaceuticals. Voltammetry is also an important tool for... 

Scale of Operation Voltammetry is routinely used to analyze samples at the parts-per-million level and, in some cases, can be used to detect analytes at the parts-per-billion or parts-per-trillion level. Most analyses are carried out in conventional electrochemical cells using macro samples however, microcells are available that require as little as 50 pL of sample. Microelectrodes, with diameters as small as 2 pm, allow voltammetric measurements to be made on even smaller samples. For example, the concentration of glucose in 200-pm pond snail neurons has been successfully monitored using a 2-pm amperometric glucose electrode. ... 

The purity of a sample of K3Fe(CN)6 was determined using linear-potential scan hydrodynamic voltammetry at a glassy carbon electrode using the method of external standards. The following data were obtained for a set of calibration standards. 

Anodic stripping voltammetry at a mercury film electrode can be used to determine whether an individual has recently fired a gun by looking for traces of antimony in residue collected from the individual s hands, fn a typical analysis a sample is collected with a cotton-tipped swab that had been wetted with 5% v/v HNO3. When returned to the lab, the swab is placed in a vial containing 5.00 mb of 4 M HCl that is 0.02 M in hydrazine sulfate. After allowing the swab to soak overnight,... 

The speciation scheme of Batley and Florence requires eight measurements on four samples. After removing insoluble particulates by filtration, the solution is analyzed for the concentration of anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) labile metal and the total concentration of metal. A portion of the filtered solution is passed through an ion-exchange column, and the concentrations of ASV metal and total metal are determined. A second portion of the filtered solution is irradiated with UV light, and the concentrations of ASV metal... 

A novel sensitive and seleetive adsorptive stripping proeedure for simultaneous determination of eopper, bismuth and lead is presented. The method is based on the adsorptive aeeumulation of thymolphetalexone (TPN) eomplexes of these elements onto a hanging mereury drop eleetrode, followed by reduetion of adsorbed speeies by voltammetrie sean using differential pulse modulation. The optimum analytieal eonditions were found to be TPN eoneentration of 4.0 p.M, pH of 9.0, and aeeumulation potential at -800 mV vs. Ag/AgCl with an aeeumulation time of 80 seeonds. The peak eurrents ai e proportional to the eoneentration of eopper, bismuth and lead over the 0.4-300, 1-200 and 1-100 ng mL ranges with deteetion limits of 0.4, 0.8 and 0.7 ng mL respeetively. The proeedure was applied to the simultaneous determination of eopper, bismuth and lead in real and synthetie samples with satisfaetory results. 

Stripping voltammetry procedure has been developed for determination of thallium(I) traces in aqueous medium on a mercury film electrode with application of thallium preconcentration by coprecipitation with manganese (IV) hydroxide. More than 90% of thallium present in water sample is uptaken by a deposit depending on conditions of prepai ation of precipitant. Direct determination of thallium was carried out by stripping voltammetry in AC mode with anodic polarization of potential in 0,06 M ascorbic acid in presence of 5T0 M of mercury(II) on PU-1 polarograph. 

In view of the foregoing remarks, it is clear that all glassware used in the preliminary treatment of samples to be subjected to stripping voltammetry, as well as the apparatus to be used in the actual determination, must be scrupulously cleaned. It is usually recommended that glassware be soaked for some hours in pure nitric acid (6 M), or in a 10 per cent solution of pure 70 per cent perchloric acid, followed by washing with de-ionised water. 

The difference between the various pulse voltammetric techniques is the excitation waveform and the current sampling regime. With both normal-pulse and differential-pulse voltammetry, one potential pulse is applied for each drop of mercury when the DME is used. (Both techniques can also be used at solid electrodes.) By controlling the drop time (with a mechanical knocker), the pulse is synchronized with the maximum growth of the mercury drop. At this point, near the end of the drop lifetime, the faradaic current reaches its maximum value, while the contribution of the charging current is minimal (based on the time dependence of the components). 

Anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) has been used extensively for the determination of heavy metals in samples of biological origin, such as lead in blood. ASV has the lowest detection limit of the commonly used electroanalytical techniques. Analyte concentrations as low as 10 M have been determined. Figure 16 illustrates ASV for the determination of Pb at a mercury electrode. The technique consists of two steps. The potential of the electrode is first held at a negative value for several minutes to concentrate some of the Pb " from the solution into the mercury electrode as Pb. The electrode process is... 

Table 8.76 shows the main characteristics of voltammetry. Trace-element analysis by electrochemical methods is attractive due to the low limits of detection that can be achieved at relatively low cost. The advantage of using standard addition as a means of calibration and quantification is that matrix effects in the sample are taken into consideration. Analytical responses in voltammetry sometimes lack the predictability of techniques such as optical spectrometry, mostly because interactions at electrode/solution interfaces can be extremely complex. The role of the electrolyte and additional solutions in voltammetry are crucial. Many determinations are pH dependent, and the electrolyte can increase both the conductivity and selectivity of the solution. Voltammetry offers some advantages over atomic absorption. It allows the determination of an element under different oxidation states (e.g. Fe2+/Fe3+). 

Principles and Characteristics Contrary to poten-tiometric methods that operate under null conditions, other electrochemical methods impose an external energy source on the sample to induce chemical reactions that would not otherwise occur spontaneously. It is thus possible to analyse ions and organic compounds that can either be reduced or oxidised electrochemi-cally. Polarography, which is a division of voltammetry, involves partial electrolysis of the analyte at the working electrode. 

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