Use of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(p-chlorophenyl)porphyrin as sensor material: potentiometric determination of aluminium(III) ions
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In this study, 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(p-chlorophenyl)porphyrin has been synthesized and used as an ionophore for the preparation of a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane sensor for aluminium(III) ions. The optimum composition of the best performing membrane contained ionophore, bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, PVC and potassium tetrakis(p-chlorophenyl) borate in the ratio of 4.0:63.0:32.0:1.0 (mg). The prepared PVC membrane morphology has been analysed by scanning electron microscopy. The developed aluminium(III)-selective sensor works in a wide linear concentration range of 1.0 ${\times}$ 10$^{–5}$ to 1.0 ${\times}$ 10$^{–1}$ mol l$^{–1}$ and, the detection limit of this sensor is 2.81 ${\times}$ 10$^{-6}$ mol l$^{–1}$. The sensor displays near-Nernstian slope of 25.0 ± 2.7 mV per decade for Al$^{3+}$ ions. The aluminium(III)-selective sensor has a wide working pH range of 5.0–10.0. The sensor shows good reusability, long-term stability and a fast response time of less than 5 s. Inaddition, the sensor shows good selectivity for Al$^{3+}$ ions over different cations. This aluminium(III)-selective sensor was successfully used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of Al$^{3+}$ ions with EDTA. The developed sensor was successfully applied to the direct determination of Al$^{3+}$ in different water samples.
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Prof. Subi Jacob George — Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bengaluru
Chemical Sciences 2020
Prof. Surajit Dhara — School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Physical Sciences 2020
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