Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8959881 | Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, a new approach for the determination of the veterinary drug nitroxinil is presented, and its electrochemical behavior is investigated as well as voltammetric determination based on its oxidation signal is proposed. A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was used as an electrochemical sensor for the determination of this compound, and a square-wave voltammetric (SWV) technique with the optimized parameters was applied for the quantification of nitroxinil. The effect of the supporting electrolytes, such as Britton-Robinson buffer solution (BRBS), citrate buffer solutions (CBS), and hydrochloric acid-potassium chloride buffer solutions (HCl-KClBS), on the SWV determinations of nitroxinil was investigated, and the experiments showed that the supporting electrolyte has a significant effect on the nitroxinil determination. The highest analytical SWV response of nitroxinil was obtained in acidic medium of the investigated supporting electrolytes, i.e. in the BRBS at pHâ¯2.0, the CBS at pHâ¯2.0, and the HCl-KClBS at pHâ¯1.8. The corresponding current at ca. +1.3â¯V vs. Ag/AgCl/3â¯molâ¯Lâ1 KCl reference electrode increased linearly with the concentration of nitroxinil within two linear dynamic ranges (LDR) in each supporting electrolyte solution. The lowest limit of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) for nitroxinil were achieved in the BRBS at pHâ¯2.0 (LODâ¯=â¯0.28â¯Î¼molâ¯Lâ1 and LOQâ¯=â¯0.93â¯Î¼molâ¯Lâ1). In addition, the analytical parameters obtained from calibration curves indicated the best sensitivity in the BRBS at pHâ¯2.0 (0.124â¯Î¼Aâ¯Lâ¯Î¼molâ1). Cyclic voltammetric (CV) experiments showed that the electrode reaction of nitroxinil is irreversible (oxidation peak at ca. +1.3â¯V) and diffusion-controlled in each supporting electrolyte solution.
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Authors
Karolina Sipa, Mariola Brycht, SÅawomira Skrzypek,