Abstract
The PVC membrane electrode for measuring perchlorate ion was developed by incorporating various quaternary ammonium sallts. The effect of chemical structure, the content of active material, the kind of plasticizers, and the membrane thickness on the electrode characteristic such as the linear response range and Nernstian slope of the electrode were studied. It was obtained that the effect of the chemical structure of an active material on the electrode characteristics was improved with increasing the alkyl chain length of the quarternary ammonium salts in the ascending order of Aliquat 336P, TOAP, TDAP, and TDDAP. The optimum membrane composition was 9.09wt% of TDDAP, 30.3wt% of PVC, and 60.6wt% of plasticizer(DBP). And the optimum membrane thickness was 0.45mm at this composition. Under the above condition, the linear response range was $10^{-1}~1.2\times10^{-6}$M, and the detection limit was $5.1\times10^{-7}$M with the Nernstian slope of 57mV/decade of activity of perchlorate ion. The electrode potential was stable within the pH range from 4 to 11. The selectivity coefficient was as shown below: $SCN^->I^-NO_3^->Br^->ClO_3^->F^->Cl^->SO_4^{2-}$