The possibility of using mixed Fe 2+/Fe 3+ copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) as the material for the transducer layer of solid-contact ion-selective electrodes (SC-ISEs) with plasticized polyvinylchloride membranes is studied. The study is performed for K +-SC-ISEs and water-hardness SC-ISEs. It is shown that CuHCF combines the ion-exchange and redox properties and, hence, in principle, should be suitable for SC-ISEs. However, the reproducibility of SC-ISE potentials from one electrode to another and their stability in time are far below those of conventional ISEs with internal aqueous solution. The potentials of individual SC-ISEs can be brought closer to one another by their polarization using a potentiostat or by their short-circuiting to a saturated silver-chloride reference electrode.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)400-408
Number of pages9
JournalRussian Journal of Electrochemistry
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2018

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electrochemistry

    Research areas

  • copper hexacyanoferrate, potassium ions, solid-contact ion-selective electrodes, water hardness

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