title: Novel membrane potentiometric sulfate ion sensor based on zinc-phthalocyanine for the quick determination of trace amounts of sulfate.
abstract: Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) based membranes of zinc-phthalocyanine (ZPC) with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HTAB) as a cation excluder, and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and benzyl acetate (BA) as plasticizing solvent mediators were prepared and investigated as a SO4(2-) selective electrode. The best performance was observed with a membrane having a composition of ZPC-PVC-HTAB-BA in a ratio of 5%:32%:3%:60%, which works well over a wide concentration range (1.0 x 10(-2) - 1.0 x 10(-6) M) with a Nemstian slope of -29.2 mV per decade of activity, between the pH values of 2.0 to 7.0. This sensor shows a very fast response time of 10 s, and can be used over a period of 2 months with good reproducibility. The proposed sensor displays excellent selectivity for SO4(2-) over a large number of common inorganic anions. The sensor has been successfully applied for the direct and indirect determination of sulfate and zinc in zinc sulfate tablets, respectively. It was also used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of sulfate ions with barium ions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. Ganjali@khayam.ut.ac.ir
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ganjali
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pourjavid
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shamsipur
authors.forename: Taherh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Poursaeri
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezapour
authors.forename: Mehran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javanbakht
authors.forename: Hashem
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authors.lastname: Sharghi