Abstract
The construction, performance characteristics and applications of a polymeric membrance electrode for lead(II) ion are reported. The electrode was prepared by incorporating cryptand(222) as the neutral carrier into a plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) membrane. The influence of membrane composition, pH and concentration of internal reference solution were investigated. The electrode exhibits a potentiometric response for Pb2+ ion over the concentration range 10–1–10–5 M with a detection limit of 5 × 10–6 M Pb2+. It shows a relatively fast response time of about 30 s and can be used for about two months without any considerable divergence in potential. The proposed sensor revealed good selectivities for Pb2+ in the presence of several metal ions and could be used in the pH range of 2.5 to 7.5. It was used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of Pb2+ with EDTA.
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