Abstract
By using an electrodeposited lead dioxide electrode as an indicator electrode, the electrode reaction of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and other complexanes was investigated in unbuffered solution covering a pH range of about 2–12. Well-defined anodic and cathodic peaks, the heights of which increase with EDTA concentration, were observed. In an anodic single-sweep process, one anodic pre-peak appeared only at a pH higher than 4. It was found that in the cathodic process lead dioxide on the electrode is reduced to lead ion which reacts with EDTA to form the complex and in the anodic process the lead complex is oxidized again and deposited onto the electrode as lead dioxide. The height of the anodic and cathodic peaks is directly proportional to the EDTA concentration. The lead dioxide electrode seems to be useful for determining a chelating agent such as the EDTA-type complexanes.
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