title: Adsorption voltammetry of the scandium-alizarin red S complex onto a carbon paste electrode.
abstract: For the first time, a new method is described for the determination of scandium based on the cathodic adsorptive stripping of the scandium-alizarin red S complex onto a carbon paste electrode. The second-order derivative linear scan voltammograms of the complex are recorded by use of model JP-303 polarographic analyzer from 0.0 to -1.0 V (versus SCE). Optimum conditions are found to be: an acetic acid (0.36 mol l(-1))-potassium biphthalate (0.064 mol l(-1)) buffer solution (pH 4.0) containing 2.0x10(-5) mol l(-1) alizarin red S, a preconcentration potential of 0.0 V, a preconcentration time of 60 s, a rest time of 10 s and a scan rate of 100 mV s(-1). The results show that the complex can be adsorbed on the surface of a carbon paste electrode, yielding one peak at -0.58 V, corresponding to the reduction of alizarin red S in the complex at the electrode. The detection limit is found to be 6.0x10(-10) mol l(-1) for 3 min of preconcentration time. The linear range is 1.0x10(-9) to 4.0x10(-7) mol l(-1). Application of the procedure to the determination of scandium in the ore samples gave good results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Deng