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Voltammetric determination of atenolol at C(60)-modified glassy carbon electrodes
Rajendra N Goyal1, Sudhanshu P Singh
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttaranchal 247 667, India.
Abstract:
C(60)-modified glassy carbon electrode has been found to exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity towards atenolol oxidation for its voltammetric determination at physiological pH. Lowering of overpotential associated with atenolol oxidation indicates electrocatalytic nature of electrode. Determination of atenolol was carried out at pH 7.2 at modified electrode and a well-defined oxidation peak has been observed approximately 1040mV versus Ag/AgCl electrode for atenolol oxidation. Calibration plot having good co-linearity with a correlation coefficient 0.997 was obtained in the concentration range of 0.25-1.5mM atenolol and the sensitivity of the method has been found to be 8.58muAmM(-1). The detection limit is found to be 0.16mM. The method developed is applicable for atenolol determination in pharmaceutical preparations and urine samples. The modified electrode showed a good surface coverage ( approximately 85%) with C(60).
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