Voltammetric determination of ethyl acetate in ethanol fuel using a Fe 3+/Nafion®-coated glassy carbon electrode
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2013-01-14
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Caetano, Lahys G. [UNESP]
Takeuchi, Regina M.
Santos, André L.
De Oliveira, Marcelo F.
Stradiotto, Nelson Ramos [UNESP]
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A voltammetric method for the determination of ethyl acetate in ethanol fuel using a Fe3+/Nafion®-coated glassy carbon electrode (GCE) is proposed. The ethyl acetate present in the ethanol fuel was previously converted to acetohydroxamic acid via pretreatment with hydroxylamine chloride. The acetohydroxamic acid promptly reacted with the iron (III) present in the film, producing iron (III) acetohydroxamate, which presents a well-defined voltammetric peak current at -0.02 V. Optimization of the voltammetric parameters for the cyclic, linear sweep, square wave, and differential pulse modalities was carried out for this chemically-modified electrode. Square wave voltammetry afforded the best response for acetohydroxamic acid detection. The analytical curve for this species was linear from 9 to 100 μmol L 1 according to the following equation: ip (μA) = 0.27 + 2.55Cacetohydroxamic acid (μmol L 1), with linear correlation coefficient equal to 0.993. The technique presented limit of detection equal to 5.3 μmol L 1 and quantification limit of 17.6 μmol L 1. The proposed method was compared to the official method of ethyl acetate analysis (Gas Chromatography), and a satisfactory correlation was found between these techniques. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Chemically modified electrode, Ethanol fuel, Ethyl acetate, Quality control, Voltammetry, Acetohydroxamic acids, Ethyl acetates, Glassy carbon electrodes, Linear correlation coefficient, Square wave voltammetry, Voltammetric determination, Voltammetric parameters, Chlorine compounds, Ethanol fuels, Gas chromatography, Glass, Glass membrane electrodes
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Fuel, v. 106, p. 837-842.