Adsorptive-catalytic stripping voltammetry for determination of ultratrace titanium.

An extremely sensitive stripping voltammetric procedure for determination of ultratrace titanium is reported. The method is based on the interfacial preconcentration of titanium-cupferron complex onto the hanging mercury drop electrode, followed by catalytic reduction of the adsorbed complex for the presence of cupferron. The peak currents are directly proportional to titanium in the ranges of 0.06-1.0 ng/ml and 1.0-30.0 ng/ml. Moreover, the character of stripping current has also been studied with various polarographic methods. Such coupling of catalytic and adsorptive collection processes holds great promise for the development of an ultrasensitive voltammetric procedure for other metals.