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Fast-Scan Anodic Stripping Voltammetry for Detection of Pb(II) at Picomolar Level

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Fast-scan anodic stripping voltammetry (FSASV) was applied to sensitively detect Pb2+ on a mercury film electrode (MFE). The method was involved with a controlled preconcentration by accumulation of Pb2+ on the MFE followed by FSASV measurement. At the scan rate of 500 V/s, a linear relationship between the anodic stripping peak current and the logarithm of Pb2+ concentration in the solution was observed in the range from 0.1 µmol/L to 0.1 pmol/L with a detection limit of 0.1 pmol/L. The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of Pb2+ in spiked water samples with satisfying recoveries in the range of 98.6 to 104.3%, and the corresponding relative standard deviation ranged from 3.7 to 5.5%. Therefore, FSASV is a sensitive, fast, cost-effective and simple method for the detection of Pb2+ at picomolar level and would be very promising in heavy metal determination.

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    Fan Yang, Tingting Hao, Yufang Hu, Sui Wang & Zhiyong Guo

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P.R. China

    Peng Liu & Yangbo Wu

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Published in Russian in Elektrokhimiya, 2019, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 358–365.

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Yang, F., Liu, P., Hao, T. et al. Fast-Scan Anodic Stripping Voltammetry for Detection of Pb(II) at Picomolar Level. Russ J Electrochem 55, 222–228 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519020162

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