Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Sensitive Determination of Nickel (II) using Catalytic Hydrogen Wave in the Presence of Dithiocarbamates at DME

Abstract

Chembeti Giridhar, Suvardhan Kanchi, Thondavada Niranjan, Krishna Bisetty and Nuthalapati Venkatasubba Naidu

Two new ligands, ammonium 2,6-dimethylmorpholine dithiocarbamate and ammonium 3-methylpiperidine dithiocarbamate were synthesized for the determination of nickel (II) in various environmental samples. The method was based on chelation of nickel (II) with ADMM-DTC/AMP-DTC in presence of NH4OH at pH 6.4 to produce catalytic hydrogen currents at -1.30V and -1.41 V vs SCE respectively and prior detected by DC polarography at Dropping Mercury Electrode (DME). Optimized polarographic conditions were established by studying effect of pH, supporting electrolyte, ligand and metal ion concentrations and effect of adverse ions on peak height to improve the sensitivity, selectivity and detection limits of the present method. The present technique was successfully applied for the analysis of nickel (II) in different matrices with recoveries ranging from 97.00 - 99.00% and the results obtained were comparable with the differential pulse polarography.