Square wave voltammetric determination of diafenthiuron and its application to water, soil and insecticide formulation

• Published in: International journal of environmental analytical chemistry 2012-01, Vol.92 (1), p.85-95
• Main Authors: İnam, Recai, Tekalp, Funda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Chemical compounds; Comparative analysis; determination; diafenthiuron; Electrodes; high performance liquid chromatography; insecticide formulation; Insecticides; Mercury; soil sampling; voltammetry
• ISSN: 1029-0397; 0306-7319; 1029-0397
• DOI: 10.1080/03067319.2010.520126

A square wave cathodic stripping voltammetric (SWCSV) method has been developed for the determination of insecticide diafenthiuron. The procedure is based on controlled accumulation of the insecticide on a static hanging mercury drop electrode (SHMDE) at 0.00 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl) in Britton-Robinson buffer solution (pH 7.0). The insoluble mercury compound was reduced at −510 mV during the cathodic potential scan. The peak currents were linearly related to insecticide concentration between 30.4 and 3200 µg L⁻¹. The detection and quantification limit were 9.1 µg L⁻¹ and 30.4 µg L⁻¹, respectively. The proposed analytical procedure was applied to natural water and soil samples. The method was extended to direct determination of diafenthiuron in insecticide formulation Polo® 50 WP and average content of 50.3 ± 1.7 (m/m) at 90% confidence level, in close agreement with the 50.0% quoted by the manufacturer. HPLC comparison method indicated that accuracy was in agreement with that obtained by the proposed method.