Construction and performance characteristics of new tetramisole selective plastic membrane electrodes

Abstract

New tetramisole (Tm) ion selective PVC membrane electrodes are constructed based on either the ion-pair complex Tm TPB (Electrode I) where TPB is tetraphenylborate or the ion associate Tm 3 PT (Electrode II) where PT is phosphotungstate. The rectilinear concentration ranges of Electrodes I and II are 4 × 10 −5-10 −2 M (average slope = 55.7 mV/concentration decade) and 5 × 10 −5-10 −2 M TmCl (average slope = 57.0 mV/concentration decade), at 25°C, respectively. The life time of the two Electrodes I and II are 14 and 49 days of continuous working, respectively. The change in pH does not affect the electrodes performance within the range 3.0–5.5, 3.0–6.0 and 3.0–7.0 for Tm concentrations 10 −2 5 × 10 −3 and 10 −3 M, respectively. The isothermal coefficients of Electrodes I and II are found to be 0.000667 and 0.001164 V/°C, respectively. The electrodes proved to be highly selective for TmCl towards inorganic cations, sugars and amino acids. The standard addition method and potentiometric titration are used to determine Tm in pure solutions and in tetramisole 10% oral solution. Regeneration process for the exhausted Electrodes I and II is applied successfully by soaking them in a solution of NaTPB and PTA, respectively.