Development of an in-field method for the detection of barium in various water samples using differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry

Authors

Samantha Ridgway, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Magdalena Wajrak, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Electrochemistry

Publisher

Hindawi

School

School of Science / Centre for Ecosystem Management

RAS ID

28555

Comments

Ridgway, S., & Wajrak, M. (2019). Development of an in-field method for the detection of barium in various water samples using differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry. International Journal of Electrochemistry, Article 5813492. Available here

Abstract

This work presents a reliable, cost-effective, rapid and in-field voltammetric method for the detection of barium. The optimized method consists of an ultrathin mercury film deposited in situ on a glassy carbon electrode in dilute potassium chloride without deoxygenation, using differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DP-ASV). Application of the method allowed for the quantitative determination of barium concentration in a variety of waters and brake pad dust samples. Comparative analysis of sample results from DP-ASV with inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) showed a mean percent difference of 1.8%.

DOI

10.1155/2019/5813492

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