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Validation of electroanalytical method with antimony electrode for trace metal analysisAljaž Ramot, 2017, undergraduate thesis
Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to validate the electroanalytical method with an antimony electrode for trace metal analysis. The validation began with the determination of the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ), proceeded with determining the method’s linearity and concluded with determination of accuracy and precision. The trace metal analysis was conducted via square-wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV). Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used to test the reversibility of the [Fe(CN)6] 3/[Fe(CN)6] 4 system. All the analyses were conducted in a 0.01 M HCl solution.
The LOD and LOQ were not possible to report with certainty, since the method has such a low LOD that the contamination with heavy metals, even in ultrapure acid, was too high. The method had a linear response at deposition potentials of 1.2 V, 1.1 V and 1.0 V vs. Ag/AgCl for Pb(II) and Cd(II) from 14.6 µg L 1 to 100.0 µg L 1. It has further been proven that the method is accurate and precise for all three deposition potentials at 15 µg L 1, 25 µg L 1, 30 µg L 1, 40 µg L 1 concentrations of analytes. The results have shown that the method is best used at a deposition potential of 1.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl.
Keywords: heavy metal analysis, trace analysis, antimony electrode, SWASV, voltammetry
Published in DKUM: 28.09.2017; Views: 1742; Downloads: 215
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