Samarium (III) Selective Membrane Sensor Based on Tin (IV) Boratophosphate 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2004, 4, 125-135 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ?2004 by MDPI /sensors Samarium (III) Selective Membrane Sensor Based on Tin (IV) Boratophosphate Susheel K. Mittal 1*, Harish Kumar Sharma 1 and Ashok S. K. Kumar 1 1 School of Chemistry Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering Technology (Deemed University), Patiala 147004, India * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: smittal@tiet.ac.in Fax: 91-175-2364498 Received: 9 March 2004 / Accepted: 28 August 2004 / Published: 30 August 2004 Abstract: A number of Sm (III) selective membranes of varying compositions using tin (IV) boratophosphate as electroactive material were prepared. Polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene and epoxy resin were used as binding materials. Membrane having composition of 40% exchanger and 60% epoxy resin exhibited best performance. This membrane worked well over a wide concentration range of 1x10-5M to 1x10-1 M of samarium ions with a Super-Nernstian slope of 40 mV/decade. It has a fast response time of less than 10 seconds and can be used for at least six months without any considerable divergence in potentials. The proposed sensor revealed good selectivities with respect to alkali, alkaline earth, some transition and rare earth metal ions and can be used in the pH range of 4.0-10.0. It was used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of Sm (III) ions against EDTA. Effect of internal solution was studied and the electrode was successfully used in non-aqueous media, too. Keywords: Inorganic ion exchanger, ISE, Sm (III), FIM, potentiometric titration.  Sensors 2004, 4 126 Introduction The demand for the development of methods providing quantitative determination of trace metals in a variety of environmental matrices has increased as environmental protection has become a higher priority on the scientific agenda of the industrialized natio