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Electrochemical technique to measure Fe(II) and Fe(III) concentrations simultaneously

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An electrochemical technique is presented to simultaneously determine the concentrations of Fe(II) and Fe(III) ions using a rotating disk electrode. The method consists of using a steady state polarization technique where the developed limiting currents are measured and related to the concentration of the cations present in solution. Two linear equations were derived which correlate the limiting currents with the concentrations of the pair cations. The equations are used to easily and simultaneously determine the concentrations of the multivalent species. The precision and accuracy of the technique were found to be comparable to other advanced methods for the quantification of cations, such as capillary zone electrophoresis and spectro-photometric sequential injection analysis.

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Abbreviations

A :

Surface area of the electrode (cm2)

C :

Concentration of the solution (mol cm−3)

C Fe(II) :

Concentration of Fe(II) (mM),

C Fe(III) :

Concentration of Fe(III) (mM)

C cal :

Calculated concentration (mM)

C st :

Concentration of standard solution (mM)

D :

Diffusion coefficient (cm2 s−1)

E a :

Absolute error (mM)

F :

Faraday’s constant, 96485 C mol−1

i l :

Limiting current (A)

\( i_{\rm{LL}} \) :

Lower limiting current (mA)

\( i_{{_{\rm{LL}} }}^{0} \) :

Zero cathodic limiting current (mA)

\( i_{\rm{UL}} \) :

Upper limiting current (mA)

\( i_{{_{\rm{UL}} }}^{0} \) :

Zero anodic limiting current (mA)

\( k_{1} \) :

Constant of the equation for rotation rate

n :

Number of electrons transferred

\( N \) :

Number of sample solutions

ε:

Relative error

υ:

Kinetic viscosity of the solution (cm2 s−1)

ω:

Angular velocity of the rotating electrode (rad s−1)

ωa :

Rotation rate of the rotating electrode (rpm)

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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University, 183 Stocker Center, Athens, OH, 45701, USA

    Xin Jin & Gerardine G. Botte

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Jin, X., Botte, G.G. Electrochemical technique to measure Fe(II) and Fe(III) concentrations simultaneously. J Appl Electrochem 39, 1709–1717 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-009-9864-8

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