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Dynamic Electrochemical Measurement of Chloride Ions
Published on: February 5, 2016
Evaluation of perchlorate tolerant photo-cured calcium selective electrodes for use in flow injection potentiometry
L T Di Benedetto1, T Dimitrakopoulos, J R Farrell
1Department of Physical Sciences, University of Tasmania, P.O. Box 1214, Launceston, Tas., 7250, Australia.
Abstract:
A photo-cured membrane selective to calcium, based on the calcium bis [4-(1',1',3',3'-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl]phosphate ionophore and incorporating the lipophilic additive, potassium tetraki(4-chlorophenyl)borate, that can tolerate up to 200 nM perchlorate ionic background in the flow injection potentiometry mode has been previously reported (T. Dimitrakopoulos, J.R. Farrell and P.J. Ives, Electroanalysis, 8 (1996) 391). Improvements in the electrode slope and sensitivity of the previously described photo-cured calcium membrane-based electrode were achieved when anhydrous calcium chloride salt was dissolved into the pre-cured membrane composition and then photo-cured. Similar to the previously reported photo-cured calcium ion-selective electrode (ISE), the improved photo-cured calcium ISE can measure calcium in a high perchlorate background in the flow injection potentiometric mode.
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