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A Novel Method for the Polarographic Determination of Trace Nitrite in Water

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A method for polarographic determination of nitrites in water is developed. Nitrites firstly react with resorcinol, then the nitroso product reacts with nickel ion to form a complex, which can be reduced on dropping mercury electrode to produce a sensitive polarographic wave. The current signal has an excellent linear relation with the concentration of nitrite, the detection limit was 0.22 μg/L. The relative standard deviation is 2.80% and the recoveries were 95.0–102.9% at a nitrite concentration of 1.13 μg/L, most of the potential interferents are tolerated. The method is suitable for the determination of trace nitrite in water.

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This research was supported by the Science and Technology Research Plan of Liaoning Province Education Department [L2020lkyfwdf-06, L JKZ1064]; the Doctoral Start-up Foundation of Liaoning Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2019-BS-128, 2019-BS-129]; and the Enterprise Doctor Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project in 2020 of Yingkou.

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    Y. S. Tian, X. H. Li, D. F. Zhang, Y. G. Xu & C. W. An

  2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, 541004, Guilin, Guangxi, PR China

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Tian, Y.S., Li, X.H., Zhang, D.F. et al. A Novel Method for the Polarographic Determination of Trace Nitrite in Water. Russ J Electrochem 58, 32–42 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193522010153

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