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Volume 8, Issue 2 (Suppl)

Chem Sci J 2017

ISSN: 2150-3494 CSJ, an open access journal

Euro Chemistry 2017

May 11-13, 2017

May 11-13, 2017 Barcelona, Spain

4

th

European Chemistry Congress

Development and validation of a voltammetric method for the determination of antimony in aqueous

medium

Hugo Romero B, Thalia Vera, Kathy Gadvay, Kerly Dávila, Fredis Pesantez

and

Cristhian Vega

Technical University of Machala, Ecuador

T

he objective of this research was to develop and validate a voltammetric method for the determination of antimony in aqueous

medium. First, solutions of 5, 10, 15 and 20 mg L-1 of Sb were prepared, using 0.5M phosphoric acid as supporting electrolyte.

Additionally, nitrogen was bubbled at 99% purity to remove oxygen from solutions. To measure the concentration of antimony the

anodic stripping voltammetry technique was applied, by using a potentiostat multi-channel PARSTAT mark with Versa Princeton

Applied Research Studio software. To carry out the registration of voltammograms, a three-electrode system was used, which

consisted of glassy carbon as working electrode, Ag / AgCl as reference electrode and a platinum electrode as a counter electrode.

In a first stage of the process, a chronoamperometry to E = -1.2 V was applied for a time pre-concentration of 50 s, to achieve this

electrodeposition of metallic antimony (Sb0) on the surface of the glassy carbon electrode. Next, a linear sweep voltammetry with

potentials between -1.2 V and Ei = Ef = 0.5 V was applied at a rate of ν = 20 mV s-1. To validate the method for quantification

of antimony determined linearity, precision, accuracy, detection limit and quantitation limit. The linearity of the method was

demonstrated from the proportionality coefficient of 0.9961. The coefficient of variation (CV) had a value of 14.2%, indicating that

the accuracy of the method is acceptable. Meanwhile the accuracy is within the criteria for consideration of the method, because a

114% recovery was determined. Additionally it was found that the detection limit and quantitation limit values correspond to 1.45

mg 4.42 mg L- 1 and L 1 respectively.

Biography

Hugo Romero Bonilla has completed the Master's Program in chemistry at the Pontificia Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile. Currently (2016) he completed

the PhD program in environmental science in San Marcos University, Perú. He works as a researcher and professor at the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technical

University of Machala, Ecuador where he has served as Director of Chemical Research Center and Director of the Center for Technology Development. Your

research lines are Biotechnology and Applied Electrochemistry. He has published some scientific articles papers in reputed journals such as New Biotechnology,

Progress in Organic Coutings, Talanta, Advances in Chemistry and Analytical Chemestry Research.

hromero@utmachala.edu.ec

Hugo Romero B et al., Chem Sci J 2017, 8:2(Suppl)

http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2150-3494-C1-008