Determination of selenium in soils and plants by differential pulse cathodic-stripping voltammetry

A method is described for the determination of selenium by differential pulse cathodic-stripping voltammetry (DPCSV) at a hanging mercury-drop electrode. The dried sample is burnt in an oxygen flask and the selenium absorbed in a persulphate—sulphuric acid mixture. The solution is analysed by DPCSV...

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Published in:Talanta (Oxford) 1979-06, Vol.26 (6), p.473-477
Main Authors: Forbes, S., Bound, G.P., West, T.S.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A method is described for the determination of selenium by differential pulse cathodic-stripping voltammetry (DPCSV) at a hanging mercury-drop electrode. The dried sample is burnt in an oxygen flask and the selenium absorbed in a persulphate—sulphuric acid mixture. The solution is analysed by DPCSV following treatment with hydrochloric acid to destroy excess of persulphate and to reduce the Se(VI) to Se(IV). Results are given for two soils and a series of plant materials and compared with those obtained by fluorimetric analysis by means of the 2,3-diaminonaphthalene piazselenol complex.
ISSN:0039-9140
1873-3573
DOI:10.1016/0039-9140(79)80113-7