Stannum film electrode for square wave voltammetric determination of trace copper(II)

An anodic stripping voltammetric procedure for the determination of Cu(II) at an in situ-plated stannum film electrode (SnFE) was described. The results indicated that the SnFE had an attractive electroanalytical performance, with two distinct voltammetric stripping signals for copper and stannum, and showed the superior advantage for the determination of copper compared with the bismuth film electrode. Several experimental parameters were optimized. The SnFE exhibited highly linear behavior in the concentration range from 1.0 to 100.0 μg L−1 of Cu(II) (r = 0.994) with the detection limit of 0.61 μg L−1 (S/N = 3), and the relative standard deviation for a solution containing 40.0 μg L−1 Cu(II) was 2.2% (n = 8). The procedure has been successfully applied for the determination of Cu(II) in lake water sample.