A carbon paste electrode modified with cobalt phthalocyanine (CPECoPc) was developed and applied to the determination of hydrazine [N 2 H 4 ] in industrial boiler feed water. The CPECoPc exhibited good electrocatalytical activity for hydrazine oxidation at pH 13. A linear correlation was obtained between anodic peak current (I ap ) and hydrazine concentration in the range of 1.25 Â 10 À4 to 9.80 Â 10 À4 mol L À1 , fit by the equation I ap ¼ 1.47 þ 4.90 Â 10 5 [N 2 H 4 ] with a correlation coefficient of 0.9967. A detection limit of 7.35 Â 10 À5 mol L À1 was obtained. Recovery of hydrazine from three samples ranged between 99.0% and 102.9%. The modified electrode showed no interference by cations commonly present in boiler water, such as K þ , Na þ , Ca 2þ , Mg 2þ , Al 3þ , Pb 2þ , and Zn 2þ . The results obtained for hydrazine in boiler water using the proposed modified electrode are in agreement with the data obtained by a standard spectrophotometric method, at the 95% confidence level.