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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2012-06-01

Journal: FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Included Journals: SCIE

Volume: 6

Issue: 3

Page Number: 313-319

ISSN: 2095-2201

Key Words: microelectrode; tungsten tip; gold colloids; tetracycline

Abstract: The residues of tetracycline antibiotics in water have attracted many concerns due to their harmful impact to human health. This paper reports an electrochemical sensor for the determination of tetracycline (TC) by the microelectrode, which was fabricated by electrodeposited gold colloids on tungsten tip. Cyclic voltammerty was used to study the electrochemical behavior of TC on the microelectrode. Well anodic wave was obtained at about 1.5 V in acidic solutions. Electrochemical determination of tetracycline was investigated using microelectrode by cyclic voltammetry. Under optimized conditions, the calibration curves for TC were obtained. The oxidation peak currents were linearly related to TC concentrations in the range of 1-10 mg.L-1 and 10-100 mg.L-1, respectively. The detection limit was 0.09 mg.L-1 (S/N = 3).