title: Determination of germanium by potentiometric stripping analysis and adsorption potentiometric stripping analysis.
abstract: Potentiometric stripping analysis was applied to determination of germanium(IV) in 0.2M NH(3)-NH(4)Cl (pH 8.4) buffer solution at -1.8 V (vs. Ag/AgCl), with dissolved oxygen or Hg(II) as oxidant. The sensitivity was 8.5 x 10(-9)M in the presence of 2.0 x 10(-5)M Hg(II) with plating for 15 min after deaeration for 20 min. Cyclic voltammetry revealed that GE(IV) å Ge at the surface of the mercury-film electrode in a one-step irreversible reduction reaction, and the Ge at the electrode was oxidized by dissolved oxygen in the solution. The presence of complexing agents such as Alizarin Red (ARS), which forms a Ge(IV) complex adsorbed at the electrode, improved the sensitivity by one order of magnitude. The presence of adsorption was revealed by the temperature coefficient, the electrocapillary curve and cyclic voltammetry. Ge-containing samples were analysed by the proposed methods and agreement with the results obtained by other methods was excellent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang