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Determination of Trace Europium by Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry after Complexation with Cupferron

  • Ornella Abollino
  • , Maurizio Aceto
  • , Edoardo Mentasti
  • , Corrado Sarzanini
  • , Constant M.G. Van Den Berg

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Abstract

This article describes the determination of Eu by adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry after complexation with N-nitroso-N-phenylhydroxylamine (cupferron). The accumulation of the complex at the HMDE was performed at 0.0 V and the subsequent potential scan was made in the square wave mode. The analyte signal occurred at -0.88 V. The detection limit is 0.06 nmol dm-3. The effect of instrumental and chemical parameters on the peak height and potential was investigated. The same technique can be used for the determination of ytterbium and of the other rare earth elements (REEs) after separation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)444-448
Number of pages5
JournalElectroanalysis
Volume9
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 1997
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cathodic stripping voltammetry
  • Cupferron
  • Europium determination
  • Lanthanides
  • Rare earth elements
  • Square wave voltammetry
  • Ytterbium determination

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