Abstract
A square wave cathodic stripping voltammetric (SWCSV) method has been developed for the determination of insecticide diafenthiuron. The procedure is based on controlled accumulation of the insecticide on a static hanging mercury drop electrode (SHMDE) at 0.00 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl) in Britton-Robinson buffer solution (pH 7.0). The insoluble mercury compound was reduced at −510 mV during the cathodic potential scan. The peak currents were linearly related to insecticide concentration between 30.4 and 3200 µg L−1 . The detection and quantification limit were 9.1 µg L−1 and 30.4 µg L−1, respectively. The proposed analytical procedure was applied to natural water and soil samples. The method was extended to direct determination of diafenthiuron in insecticide formulation Polo® 50 WP and average content of 50.3 ± 1.7 (m/m) at 90% confidence level, in close agreement with the 50.0% quoted by the manufacturer. HPLC comparison method indicated that accuracy was in agreement with that obtained by the proposed method.
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