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Novel polymer-modified electrodes for batch injection sensors and application to environmental analysis
| Summary: | Various polymer coatings have been investigated for the protection of mercury thin-film electrodes in the square wave anodic stripping voltammetry of environmental samples using batch injection analysis, with injection of untreated samples of volume 50 [mu]l directly over the sensing electrode. Polymer coatings studied include those with controlled porosity, and cation-exchange polymers based on sulphonated polymers. Of the polymers tested, films of ca. 1 [mu]m thickness made from Nafion® mixed with 5% poly(vinyl sulphonic acid) were found to give the best results in tests with the model surfactants Triton-X-100 detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate and protein standard. The validity of the approach is demonstrated by application to real samples. |
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| Main Authors: | Brett, Christopher M. A. |
| Other Authors: | Fungaro, Denise A.; Morgado, José M.; Gil, M. Helena |
| Subject: | Anodic stripping voltammetry Polymer-coated electrodes Batch injection analysis Environmental electroanalysis |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade de Coimbra |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra |
| Summary: | Various polymer coatings have been investigated for the protection of mercury thin-film electrodes in the square wave anodic stripping voltammetry of environmental samples using batch injection analysis, with injection of untreated samples of volume 50 [mu]l directly over the sensing electrode. Polymer coatings studied include those with controlled porosity, and cation-exchange polymers based on sulphonated polymers. Of the polymers tested, films of ca. 1 [mu]m thickness made from Nafion® mixed with 5% poly(vinyl sulphonic acid) were found to give the best results in tests with the model surfactants Triton-X-100 detergent, sodium dodecyl sulphate and protein standard. The validity of the approach is demonstrated by application to real samples. |
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