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  • Title: A new generation of cyanide ion-selective membranes for flow injection application: Part III. A simple approach to the determination of toxic metal-cyanide complexes without preliminary separation.
    Author: Surleva AR, Neshkova MT.
    Journal: Talanta; 2008 Aug 15; 76(4):914-21. PubMed ID: 18656678.
    Abstract:
    A new flow injection approach to total weak acid-dissociable (WAD) metal-cyanide complexes is proposed, which eliminates the need of a separation step (such as gas diffusion or pervaporation) prior to the detection. The cornerstone of the new methodology is based on the highly selective flow-injection potentiometric detection (FIPD) system that makes use of thin-layer electroplated silver chalcogenide ion-selective membranes of non-trivial composition and surface morphology: Ag(2+delta)Se(1-x)Te(x) and Ag(2+delta)Se. An inherent feature of the FIP-detectors is their specific response to the sum of simple CN(-)+Zn(CN)(4)(2-)+Cd(CN)(4)(2-). For total WAD cyanide determination, ligand exchange (LE) and a newly developed electrochemical pre-treatment procedure for release of the bound cyanide were used. The LE pre-treatment ensures complete recovery only when the sample does not contain Hg(CN)(4)(2-). This limitation is overcome by implementing electrochemical pre-treatment which liberates completely the bound WAD cyanide through cathodic reduction of the complexed metal ions. A complete recovery of toxic WAD cyanide is achieved in the concentration range from 156 microg L(-1) up to 13 mg L(-1). A three-step protocol for individual and group WAD cyanide speciation is proposed for the first time. The speciation protocol comprises three successive measurements: (i) of non-treated, (ii) LE-exchange pre-treated; (iii) electrochemically pre-treated sample. In the presence of all WAD complexes this procedure provides complete recovery of the total bound cyanide along with its quantitative differentiation into the following groups: (1) Hg(CN)(4)(2-); (2) CN(-)+Cd(CN)(4)(2-)+Zn(CN)(4)(2-); (3) Cu(CN)(4)(3-)+Ni(CN)(4)(2-)+Ag(CN)(2)(-). The presence of a 100-fold excess in total of the following ions: CO(3)(2-), SCN(-), NH(4)(+), SO(4)(2-) and Cl(-) does not interferes. Thus the proposed approach offers a step ahead to meeting the ever increasing demand for cyanide-species-specific methods. The equipment simplicity makes the procedure a good candidate for implementing in portable devices for in-field cyanide monitoring.
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