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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2017-04-01

Journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE

Included Journals:SCIE

Volume:12

Issue:4

Page Number:3296-3308

ISSN No.:1452-3981

Key Words:Ammonia; Hydrogel; Gas permeable membrane; Solid-contact ion-selective electrode; Seawater

Abstract:A solid-contact potentiometric sensor for in situ detection of total ammonia nitrogen (TAN, free ammonia plus the ammonium ion) in seawater is described. In the compact system, an all-solid-state polymeric membrane ammonium-seletive electrode is integrated with a polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel buffer film of pH 7.0 and a gas-permeable membrane. The gaseous NH3 in seawater diffuses through the gas-permeable membrane and is converted to NH4+ in the hydrogel buffer, which can be potentiometrically sensed by the solid-contact ammonium-sensitive membrane electrode. The electrode configuration facilitates the alteration of NH3 to NH4+ in the hydrogel buffer film and improves the sensitivity for the detection of TAN by the buffer trap effect. The gas-permeable membrane effectively eliminates the ion interferences from the seawater sample matrixes. The proposed sensor shows a stable potentiometric response in the concentration range of 10(-6) - 10(-4) M with a detection limit of 6.4 x 10(-7) M, and has been successfully applied to the detection of TAN in seawater.