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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 183, Issue 1-3, Pages 402-409Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.039
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Mercury determination; Carbon paste electrode; Carbon nanotubes; Ionic liquid
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In this article a super selectivity potentiometric methodology, using an ion-selective electrode, for determination of mercury ion(II) in aqueous solution was investigated. For modification of the electrode a room temperature ionic liquid, 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIM.BF4), was applied as a super conductive binder, and Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was used in the composition of the carbon paste to improve conductivity and transduction of chemical signal to electrical signal. Moreover, incorporation of 1-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-3-(3-nitrophenyl)triazene (ENTZ) as an ionophore to this composition caused to significantly enhanced selectivity toward Hg(II) ions over a wide concentration range of 1.0 x 10(-4) to 5.0 x 10(-9) M with a lower detection limit of 2.5 x 10(-9) M (0.5 ppb) and a Nernstian slope of 29.3 +/-(0.2) mV decade(-1) of Hg(II) activity. The electrode has a short response time (similar to 5s) and can be used for at least 55 days without any considerable divergence in potentials, and the working pH range was 2.0-4.3. Finally, the proposed electrode was successfully used as an indicator for potentiometric determination of Hg(II) in dental amalgam and water samples. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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