Abstract
Abstract Peak currents in differential pulse polarography (DPP) are often used for quantitative analysis. In the presence of surfactants, peak currents depend not only on the concentration of the electroactive species, but also on that of the surfactant. In the presence of surfactants of biological origin, limiting currents obtained by d.c. polarography are often less sensitive to the effects of surfactants and are more suitable for quantitative analysis than DPP peak currents. Effects of surfactants on DPP curves were demonstrated for 4-nitrobenzoic acid in the presence of oligomers resulting from washing lignin preparations with water. In the study of adsorption of nitro compounds on lignin, d.c. polarographic curves yielded reliable adsorption isotherms whereas DPP peak currents indicated erroneously much stronger adsorption of nitro compounds on lignin.
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