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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 190-195Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.08.035
Keywords
Nicotine; Pencil graphite electrode; Square-wave voltammetry; Sodium dodecylsulfate; Cigarettes
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The electrochemical oxidation of nicotine was studied in aqueous as well as micellar media at a pencil graphite electrode using cyclic, differential pulse and square-wave voltammetric techniques. The compound was oxidized irreversibly at low positive potentials in one (in acidic and neutral media) or two (in alkaline media) oxidation steps. The response was evaluated with respect to pH, scan rate, addition of surfactant and other variables. For analytical purposes, very resolved voltammetric peaks at +0.84V (versus Ag/AgCl) were obtained in phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 containing 2 mM sodium dodecylsulfate using square-wave mode. The process could be used to determine nicotine concentrations in the range of 7.6-107.5 mu W with a detection limit of 2.0 mu M (0.33 mg L-1). The proposed method was applied to the determination of nicotine in different brands of commercial cigarettes. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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