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ELECTROANALYSIS
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages 870-873Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/elan.200302868
Keywords
uranium; sensor; modified electrode; mesoporous silica
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This study reports a new approach for developing a uranium electrochemical sensor that is mercury-free, solid-state, and has less chance for ligand depletion than existing sensors. A carbon-paste electrode modified with carbamoylphosphonic acid self-assembled monolayer on mesoporous silica was developed for uranium detection based on an adsorptive square-wave stripping votammetry technique. Voltammetric responses for uranium detection are reported as a function of pH, preconcentration time, and aqueous phase uranium concentration. The uranium detection limit is 25 ppb after 5 minutes preconcentration and improved to 1 ppb after 20 minutes preconcentration. The relative standard deviations are normally less than 5%.
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