Using of multi-walled carbon nanotubes electrode for adsorptive stripping voltammetric determination of ultratrace levels of RDX explosive in the environmental samples

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 138-144

  Rezaei, Behzad ^a   Damiri, Sajjad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adsorptive stripping voltammetry; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Explosive; Multi walled carbon nanotube; RDX

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTIVE STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRIC DETERMINATION; ADSORPTIVE STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; GROUND AND TAP WATER; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; MODIFIED GLASSY CARBON ELECTRODE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; RDX; REDUCTION PEAK; ULTRA-TRACE LEVELS; VOLTAMMETRIC; WIDE PH RANGE;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSIVES; GLASS MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; GLASSY CARBON; METAL ANALYSIS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

VOLTAMMETRY;

CARBON; EXPLOSIVE; GROUND WATER; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; TAP WATER;

CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EXPLOSIVE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PRECISION;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTIVE STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; METHODOLOGY; PH; POTENTIOMETRY; WATER SAMPLING;

ADSORPTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOTUBES, CARBON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAZINES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956450561     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.127     Document Type: Article

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