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Published on: May 8, 2015
Detection of Ni2+ by a dimethylglyoxime probe using attenuated total-reflection infrared spectroscopy
Thomas Ponnuswamy1, Oliver Chyan
1University of North Texas, Department of Chemistry, Denton 76203, USA.
Abstract:
A new analytical approach for the detection of Ni2+ utilizing an attenuated total reflection (ATR) technique is discussed in this paper. Nickel detection was accomplished on a silicon ATR parallelogram crystal uniformly coated by a ca. 1.5-microm Nafion film embedded with dimethylglyoxime (DMG) probe molecules. The detection of Ni2+ is based on the appearance of a unique infrared absorption peak at 1572 cm(-1) that corresponds to the C=N stretching mode in the nickel dimethylglyoximate, Ni(DMG)2, complex. The suitable operational pH range for the nickel infrared sensor is between 6 - 8. High alkalinity in the sample solution causes a leaching of Ni(DMG)2. The detection limit of the nickel infrared sensor is 1 ppm in a sample solution of pH = 8. Interference studies revealed that Cu2+ could compete with Ni2+ for the DMG sites in the Nafion matrix. The new nickel detection methodology can be potentially utilized, after further improvement, in field analysis to locate hot spots contaminated with a high ppm of Ni2+.
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