Differential Pulse Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Chlorpyrifos at a Sepiolite Modified Carbon Paste Electrode

Abstract

An adsorptive stripping voltammetric (AdSV) method for the determination of organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos at a bare carbon paste electrode (CPE) and clay modified carbon paste electrode (CMCPE) was developed. A systematic study of various experimental conditions, such as the pH, accumulation variables and composition of a modifier on the adsorptive stripping response, were examined by using differential pulse voltammetry. A significant improvement was observed in the sensitivity by using the present method with CMCPE. When CMCPE was used, a linear response was obtained over the concentration range 0.0001–2.0 ppm with lower detection limit of 0.00008 ppm, at an accumulation time of 80 s. The interference from other herbicides and ions on the stripping signal of the compound was also evaluated. The described method was applied to estimate the chlorpyrifos in environmental samples.

Keywords:

• Chlorpyrifos
• DPAdSV
• carbon paste electrode
• clay modified carbon paste electrode

Acknowledgments

One of the authors, K. Sirisha, is thankful to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi for providing financial assistance in the form of a Senior Research Fellowship.