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Amperometric batch injection analysis: Theoretical aspects of current transients and comparison with wall‐jet electrodes in continuous flow
Author(s) -
Brett Christopher M. A.,
Brett Ana Maria Oliveira,
Mitoseriu Lucian Costel
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.1140070305
Subject(s) - amperometry , potassium ferrocyanide , electrode , jet (fluid) , volumetric flow rate , detection limit , analytical chemistry (journal) , flow injection analysis , current (fluid) , volume (thermodynamics) , materials science , chemistry , sensitivity (control systems) , chromatography , mechanics , electrochemistry , thermodynamics , inorganic chemistry , physics , engineering , electronic engineering
Amperometric detection using the batch injection analysis technique has been studied and compared with the current obtained at the wall‐jet electrode under similar conditions using the oxidation of potassium ferrocyanide and the injection of samples of volume 10 to 100μL. The form of the current transients has been analyzed and compared with the steady‐state response at wall‐jet disk electrodes. Good agreement is found at high dispension rate, differences at lower dispension rates being ascribed to radial diffusion effects. The importance of tip–electrode distance and injection volume have been evaluated; it is shown that the optimum distance is 3 mm and that maximum sensitivity requires a minimum injection volume of 14 μL. A detection limit of 50 μM using simple amperometric detection is estimated. Implications of these results for the efficient application of amperometric batch injection analysis are discussed.