Abstract
A square-wave adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetric protocol to determine trace antimony(III) in the presence of gallic acid (GA) at an ex situ prepared bismuth film electrode (BiFE) has been investigated. A well-defined and sensitive stripping peak of the Sb(III)-gallic acid complex was observed at −0.53 V (vs. SCE) in a 0.1M acetate buffer solution (pH 4.8) at a deposition potential of −0.38 V (120 s). The experimental variables as well as potential interferences were studied. Compared with the ex situ mercury film electrode (MFE), the ex situ prepared BiFE displayed a better electroanalytical performance for the determination of antimony(III). Under the optimized conditions, the linear range was obtained between 2–25 μg/L, the limit of detection for antimony(III) was 60 ng/L and the relative standard deviation was 3.37% at the 10 μg/L level (n = 10). This method was applied to determine trace amounts of antimony in several environmental samples with the satisfactory results.
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