TUBULAR DETECTORS FOR FLOW-INJECTION POTENTIOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF TETRAFLUOROBORATE IN ELECTROPLATING BATHS

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1994

Authors

ARAUJO, AN (Author) FFUP; ETXEBARRIA, MB (Author) Other; LIMA, JLFC (Author) FFUP; MONTENEGRO, MCBSM (Author) FFUP; OLMOS, RP (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Analytica Chimica Acta

Vol. 293

Pages: 35-41

ISSN: 0003-2670

Publisher: Elsevier

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FOS: Natural sciences > Chemical sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-001-JV9

DOI: 10.1016/0003-2670(94)00073-5

Abstract (EN): PVC tetrafluoroborate tubular electrodes without an inner reference solution, based on tetraoctylammonium as the ion exchanger and 2-nitrophenyloctyl ether as the mediator solvent, were constructed. The general operating characteristics of the tubular detectors were evaluated by a single line flow-injection system with low sample dispersion and compared to those of corresponding conventionally-shaped electrodes, determined in batch conditions. In flow-injection analysis (FIA), the detector response was linear in the concentration range between 4 X 10(-6) and 10(-1) M, with a mean slope of 59.2 +/- 0.9 mV/dec in the pH range between of 2.7 and 11.5. The reproducibility of the detector potentials was approximately 0.2 mV during a day of continuous operation. The membrane used showed a high degree of selectivity. The tubular detectors remained operational over a long period of time (approximately 36 months) and had a response time that enabled a sampling rate of 360 h(-1). The electrodes were later used in the determination of tetrafluoroborate in concentrated electrolytic baths for which a high dispersion FIA system was developed. The analyses of seven baths with different compositions presented results with mean recovery values of 98.8% with a coefficient variation of 1.9%.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7