The study describes the properties of catalytic adsorptive stripping voltammetric (CAdSV) systems based on complexes of Ge(IV) with gallic acid, catechol or pyrogallol as well as vanadium complexes with complexones such as NTA, DHPTA, EDTA, and HED-TA, used as catalytic agents. The most pronounced CAdSV response was observed when the Ge(IV)-pyrogal-lol complex was coupled with V(IV)-HEDTA. In 0.05 M of acetate buffer containing 1 mM of pyrogallol, 2 mM of V(IV) and 4 mM of HEDTA, the peak current of germanium exhibited good linearity for Ge(IV) concentrations over the range from 0.25 nM to 25 nM and a low limit of detection (LOD = 0.02 nM). The method was verified by measuring Ge(IV) in real water samples.
A novel, sensitive catalytic adsorptive stripping voltammetric procedure which can be used to determine trace amounts of germanium is described. The method is based on the interfacial accumulation of the complex formed by Ge(IV) and the product of the reduction of chloranilic acid on the hanging mercury drop electrode or the renewable silver amalgam film electrode, and its subsequent reduction from the adsorbed state followed by the catalytic action of the V(IV)·HEDTA complex. The presence of V(IV)·HEDTA greatly enhances the adsorptive stripping response of Ge. The reduction of the Ge(IV) in the presence of chloranilic acid and V(IV)·HEDTA was investigated in detail and the effects of pH, electrolyte composition, and instrumental parameters were studied. Under optimal conditions, the catalytic peak current of germanium exhibited good linearity for Ge(IV) concentrations in the range of 0.75–60 nM (for 60 s of accumulation at −0.1 V, r2 = 0.995) and a low limit of detection (LOD = 0.085 nM). The procedure was successfully applied to determine Ge in water samples.
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