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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 1107, Issue -, Pages 63-73Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.02.015
Keywords
Carbon screen printed electrodes; Square wave stripping voltammetry; Gold nanostars; Arsenic; Copper
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- U.S. Department of the Interior [27130]
- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command e Soldier Center [W911QY-17-2-0004]
- U.S. National Science Foundation [1543042]
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1543042] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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One of the challenges preventing rapid, onsite voltammetric detection of arsenic(III) is the overlapping oxidation peak of copper(II). This paper describes a novel methodology for the voltammetric detection of trace levels of arsenic(III) in the presence of high copper(II) concentrations (up to the action level of 1.3 mg L-1 set by the US EPA for drinking water). Square wave stripping voltammetry tests were performed using disposable carbon screen printed electrodes modified with gold nanostars on samples buffered with Britton-Robinson buffer. The optimized parameters for accurate codetection of arsenic(III) and copper(II) were a buffer pH of 9.5, a loading of gold nanostars of 2.39(*)10(-5) nmol per electrode, a deposition voltage of -0.8 V, and a deposition time of 180 s. Based on calibration testing, the limits of detection for arsenic(III) and copper(II) were determined to be 2.9 mu g L-1 and 42.5 mu g L-1, respectively. Furthermore, the linear ranges for arsenic and copper were 0-100 mu g L-1 and 0-250 mu g L-1 with sensitivities of 0.101 mu A (mu g L-1)(-1) and 0.121 mu A (mu g L-1)(-1), respectively. Interference testing was performed with several common ionic species, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride, tannic acid, iron(iii) chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium nitrate, and sodium sulfate, with only sodium bicarbonate significantly affecting the response. Validation testing in real-world samples was performed by comparison with graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy. The validation testing demonstrated good accuracy and precision, expressed as percent recovery and relative standard deviation (RSD), respectively, in river water and tap water, with mean percent recoveries of 87.7% (RSD = 4.20%) and 83.2% (RSD = 10.02%), respectively. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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