Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1166653 Analytica Chimica Acta 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

This is a first promethium145 ion-selective sensor based on the comparative study of two Schiff base ligands (X1 and X2) as neutral ionophores. Effect of various plasticizers: 2-nitrophenyloctylether (o-NPOE), dibutyl phosphonate (DBP), dioctylphthalate (DOP), tri-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (TEHP), dibutyl butylphosphonate (DBBP), chloronaphthalene (CN) and anion excluders: potassium tetrakis (p-chloropheny1) borate (KTpClPB), sodiumtetraphenylborate (NaTPB) and oleic acid (OA) have been studied. The membrane with a composition of ionophore (X1/X2):KTpClPB:PVC:o-NPOE (w/w, %) in the ratio of 5:5:30:60 exhibited best performance. The best responsive membrane sensors (8 and 21) exhibited working concentration range of 4.5 × 10−7–1.0 × 10−2 M and 3.5 × 10−6–1.0 × 10−2 M with a detection limits of 3.2 × 10−7 M and 2.3 × 10−6 M and Nernstian slopes of 20.0 ± 0.5, 19.5 ± 0.5 mV decade−1 of activity, respectively. The sensor no. 8 works satisfactorily in partially non-aqueous media up to 10% (v/v) content of methanol, ethanol and acetonitrile. Analytical application of the proposed sensor has been demonstrated in determination of promethium (III) ions in spiked water samples.

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