• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.439-442
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• 2007

A solid state Hg(Au)/HgO reference electrode was prepared utilizing gold amalgam solid particles. Solid fine powder of the gold amalgam was prepared by chemical reduction of Au(III) with NaBH4 followed by reduction of Hg(II) in the presence of gold fine particles. The solid content in the suspension of the gold amalgam particles and fine mercury oxide particles in DMF containing PVC was precipitated by the addition of a large amount of water to give solid Hg(Au)/HgO/PVC mixture. After drying, the mixture was pressure-molded to a physically stable Hg(Au)/HgO composite reference electrode material. The electrochemical characteristics of the electrode as a reference electrode were very similar to an ordinary Hg/HgO reference electrode. The electrode material can be molded and fabricated in any desired shape and size. The surface can be renewed by a simple polishing process whenever contaminated or deactivated. The applicability of the electrode in the electrochemical detection of carbohydrates after anion exchange separation was evaluated.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.81-84
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• 1967

수은 표면을 바꾸기 쉽고, 사용하기에 편리한 회전수은전극을 고안하였다. 이 전극은 갈아 맞춘 두 유리 부분으로 되어 있다. 그 중 숫 부분의 끝은 백금선 토막을 녹여 넣은 평평한 면으로 막혀있고, 그 옆에 작은 구멍이 하나 뚫여 있다. 암 부분에는 흠이 파여 있고, 모세관(약 1mm 지름)이 붙어있다. 이 구멍과 흠이 마주치면 두 유리 부분의 수은이 오고갈 수 있고, 사용할 때에는 이 연결을 끊어 수은이 흐르지 못하게 한다. 그러나 백금선 토막이 두 부분을 전기적으로 연결한다. 모세관의 끝은 위를 향하게 굽혀 두어, 노출된 수은 부분이 수용액에 바꿔치지 못하게 한다. 이 노출 수은 표면이 미크로전극으로 작용한다. 이 전극은 센산성용액에서의 전류법 적정에 매우 유용하며, 전기저항이 작은 미크로수은전극이기 때문에 교류 플라로그라피에도 유리하다. 또 정류전극으로서도 매우 편리하다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2003

A Polythiophene-quinoline/glassy carbon (PTQ/GC) modified electrode was developed for the determination of trace mercury in industrial waste water, natural water, soil, and other media. The electrode was prepared by the cyclic voltammetric polymerization of thiophene and quinoline on glassy carbon (GC) electrode by the potential application from -0.6 V to +2.0 V (50 mV/sec) in a solution of 0.1 M thiophene, quinoline and tetrabutyl ammonium perchlorate (TBAP) in acetonitrile. Optimum thickness of the polymer membrane on the GC electrode was obtained with 20 repeated potential cyclings. The redox behavior of Cu(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ) were almost identical on this electrode. The addition of 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) to the solution containing Cu(Ⅱ) and Hg(Ⅱ) allowed the separation of the components due to the formation of the Cu(Ⅱ)-PAR complex reduced at -0.8V, which was different from the Hg(Ⅱ) reduced at -0.5 V on a saturated calomel electrode (SCE). The calibration graph of Hg(Ⅱ) shows good linear relationship with the correlation factor of 0.9995 and the concentration gradient of 0.33 ㎂/㎠/ppb down to 0.4 ppb Hg. The method developed was successfully applied to the determination of mercury in samples such as river, waste water, and sea water.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.225-231
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• 1989

$trans-[Co(en)_2X_2](ClO_4)_n$가 Co(II) 상태의 착물로 (X : 시아나이드, 나이트라이트, 암모니아, 그리고 이소티오시아네이트)되는 전극 환원반응 속도상수를 탄소전극에서 순환전압전류법 및 회전원판전극을 이용하여 측정하고 수은전극에서 순환전압전류법 및 펄스폴라로그래피법으로 측정하여 착물의 분광학적 흡수파수와 관계를 조사하였다. 탄소전극에서는 흡수파수가 증가할 때 전극반응의 활성화자유에너지가 증가하며 좋은 직선성을 보이지만 $NO_2^-$가 배위된 착물의 경우에는 수은전극에서 흡수파수와 활성화에너지의 관계가 비선형적이었으며 활성화엔트로피 역시 크게 나타났고 전극반응 전이계수도 크게 얻어졌다. 수은전극에서는$NO_2^-$가 배위된 착물은 다른 착물과 다르게 innersphere 메카니즘으로 환원되며 $NO_2^-$가 수은전극 표면으로 배향되어 전자전이가 일어나는 것으로 제안하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.1909-1913
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• 2022

This work shows the technical feasibility to obtain uranium tetrafluoride through an electrochemical mercury cell. This technique represents a custom scaling-up methodology from our previous studies to obtain UF₄ using the dropping mercury electrode cell. The UF₄ products were obtained from natural UF₆ gas, which was hydrolyzed to obtain a 50 g/L UO₂F₂ solution. The electrolysis cell was made using a mercury reservoir, to reach UF₄ production rates of 1 Kg UF₄/day. This custom design allowed a stable UF₄ production thanks to the mercury cathode, which do not permit the accumulation of solid products in its surface. The cell was tested using current densities from 5.000 to 17.500 A/m² and temperatures from 25 to 65 ℃. The maximum current efficiency achieved under these conditions was 80%. The UF₄ powders possessed spherical morphology, with diameters between 20 and 80 ㎛. Compared to the SnCl₂ precipitation, this process did not allow preferential growth of the precipitates. This improved the compaction of the UF₄ - Mg powders mixtures, with densities between 3.0 and 3.5 g/cm³. The purity of the UF₄ products was over 98%.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.80-83
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• 1961

Solution of the diffusion problem applicable to steady state reduction at the ideal streaming mercury electrode are presented, with special attention being given to the influence of stream contraction caused by the gravity. To eliminate the convection occurring in the layer between the streaming mercury and the electrolytic solution, a new method have been invented, in this case the solution being tested was streamed with same velocity of the streaming mercury. Experiment have been made in order to compare the experimental value with the theoretical value and the experimental diffusion current was approached more to the theoretical value than the value obtained by earlier form of the streaming mercury electrode used by Heyrovsky.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2016

과염소산이온의 전기화학적 분해에 관한 연구가 진행되었다. 전기화학적 방법은 비교적 단순한 전처리 방법으로 가능하다. 하지만 전기화학적 방법은 과염소산이온이 분해되는 전압을 가해주었을 때 수소발생으로 인한 방해가 발생하기 때문에 사용하는 전극의 수소 과전압이 큰 것을 사용하여 수소발생을 줄이는 것이 요구되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 수소 과전압이 큰 수은박막전극을 작업 전극으로 사용하였다. Ag / AgCl (sat. NaCl) 전극을 기준전극으로 사용하였으며 Pt를 상대전극으로 사용하였다. 수은박막전극은 순환 전압-전류법(Cyclic voltammetry, CV)으로 제작하였는데 과염소산 용액에서의 CV를 고려하여 수은박막전극의 안정성을 위해 10분 동안 전착시켰다. 과염소산이온의 환원전위는 CV 방법에 의해 설정되었고, 분해실험은 시간대 전류법 (Chronoamperometry, CA)로 시행하였다. 과염소산이온의 분해율 확인을 위해 이온 크로마토그래피(Ion chromatography, IC)를 사용하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.68-72
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• 2007

A new PVC membrane potentiometric sensor that is highly selective to Hg2+ ions was prepared, using bis(2-hydroxybenzophenone) butane-2,3-dihydrazone (HBBD) as an excellent hexadendates neutral carrier. The sensor works satisfactorily in the concentration range of 1.0 × 10-6 to 1.0 × 10-1 mol L-1 (detection limit 4 × 10-7 mol L-1) with a Nernstian slope of 29.7 mV per decade. This electrode showed a fast response time (~8 s) and was used for at least 12 weeks without any divergence. The sensor exhibits good Hg2+ selectivity for a broad range of common alkali, alkaline earth, transition and heavy metal ions (lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, copper, nickel, cobalt, zinc, cadmium, lead and lanthanum). The electrode response is pH independent in the range of 1.5-4.0. Furthermore, the developed sensor was successfully used as an indicator electrode in the potentiometric titration of mercury ions with potassium iodide and the direct determination of mercury in some binary and ternary mixtures.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.404-409
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• 2008

Excessive presence of heavy metals in environment affects plants and fruits grown in the contaminated area. Rapid on-site monitoring of heavy metals can provide useful information for efficiently characterizing heavy metal-contaminated sites and for minimizing the exposure of the contaminated food crops to humans. This study reports on the evaluation of gold and glassy carbon (GC) electrodes with mercury or bismuth as a coating material for simultaneous determination of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in 0.1 M $HNO_3$ solution by anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV). The use of a square-wave voltammetric potential between a working electrode and a reference electrode caused Cd and Pb ions deposited on the electrode surface to be oxidized, thereby generating electric currents at different potentials. The mercury-coated gold electrode was not sensitive enough to detect the usable range of Cd concentrations (1 to 100 ppb). The GC electrodes with mercury or bismuth displayed well-defined, sharp and separate current peaks for Cd and Pb ions when the square-wave voltammetric potentials were applied. The peak currents measured with both mercury- and bismuth- coated GC electrodes were linearly proportional to Cd and Pb concentrations in the range of 1 to 200 ppb in 0.1 M $HNO_3$ with strong linear relationships between concentration and peak current ($R^2$ > 0.95), indicating that both of Cd and Pb ions could be quantitatively measured.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 2008

Poly (vinylchloride) (PVC) membrane electrodes based on neutral carrier, tetracycline was prepared as an active sensor for Hg(II) ion, and tested in different contents of the potassium tetrakis (4-chlorophenyl) borate (KTpClPB) as lipophilic salt. Bis (2-ethylhexyl) sebacate (DOS), bis(l-butylpentyl) adipate (BBPA), 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) were used as diverse plasticizing solvent mediators. This electrode shows excellent potentiometric response characteristics and display good linearity with log $[Hg^{+2}]$ versus EMF response, over a range of concentrations between $10^{-7}$ and $10^{-3}M$. With 30.8mV/decade Nernstian slope, the detection limit was $6.9{\times}10^{-9}M$ and the response time was less than 20s. The proposed electrode yields very good selectivity for mercury (II) ion over many cations such as alkali, alkaline earth, transition and heavy metal ions. And it shows a very stable potential values in a wide pH range. This reliable electrode prepared was kept at least a month without considerable alteration in their response to Hg (II) ion.