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TALANTA
Volume 63, Issue 3, Pages 567-574Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2003.11.040
Keywords
amperometry; BIA; orthophosphate; seawater; carbon paste microelectrode; cyanobacteria
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Detection of phosphate using amperometry was investigated. The phosphomolybdate complex, formed by addition of nitric acid, ammonium molybdate and phosphate, was reduced at a carbon paste electrode polarised at +0.3 V (versus Ag/AgCl). The major characteristics observed were simplicity of the equipment, a limited consumption of reagents and a low detection limit (0.3 mumol l(-1)), with a linear range between 1 and 20 mumol l(-1). The interference of silicate was completely eliminated using an appropriate concentration of nitric acid and ammonium molybdate. The amperometric detection of orthophosphate in seawater using the batch injection analysis (BIA) technique was reported. Moreover, a carbon paste microelectrode was constructed. Its use allows the analysis of small volume of samples with little dilution in supporting electrolyte. This method was applied to the determination of orthophosphate in cyanobacterial biofilms collected from Roman catacombs. There was a good statistical correlation between results obtained with the proposed method and the standard spectrophotometric method. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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