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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages 936-942Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac9905064
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This paper describes the construction of 2 microsensor units for on-line voltammetric detection inside a cylindrical microcell (a working microsensor unit and a reference and auxiliary microsensor unit), for application to heavy-metal analysis in complex media such as natural waters. Both microsensor units include a channel for the solution renewal in the microcell after analysis. The working microsensor, a Hg-plated Ir microelectrode, is protected against fouling with an agarose gel including a hydrophobic chromatographic phase (C18). The fabrication steps and the quality tests related to long-term use and reliability, as well as to precision, are described. The application of the protective gel layer against fouling by hydrophobic or surface active small molecules is of general application, reliable, and very efficient. The reference and auxiliary unit is composed by an iridium oxide based mini reference electrode, an auxiliary Pt electrode, and a circulation channel. It is built to enable its use inside a 700-mu m-diameter tubing connected to a hollow fiber supported liquid membrane lumen (volume, 5-10 mu L) for heavy-metal analysis. However, it can be used in any other microanalytical system. The reference electrode is sufficiently stable for voltammetric applications (1-2 mV drift/day), and its lifetime is more than one year. The Ti/IrO2 core is immersed in a pH-buffered agarose gel, to guarantee potential stability even when the electrode is immersed in variable pH solutions.
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