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| Author(s): |
Renato Camargo Matos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2001-08-17 |
| Examining board members: |
Lucio Angnes;
Sérgio Luis Costa Ferreira;
Denise Alves Fungaro;
Sergio Antonio Spinola Machado;
Jorge Cesar Masini
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| Advisor: | Lucio Angnes |
| Abstract | |
In the present work, versatile methods for simultaneous amperometric multicomponent analysis are described. They are based on a multi-channel detection system, coupled to a flow cell containing an array of modified microelectrodes. The first method shows the flow injection amperometric quantification of ascorbic acid (AA), dopamine (DA), epinephrine (EP) and dipyrone (DI) in mixtures (in the µg g-1 range). This work was successfully performed by using an array of microelectrodes bare and with units modified by the electrodeposition of different noble metals (platinum, palladium or a mixture of platinum+palladium), together with multivariate calibration analysis. The analysis of synthetic samples and pharmaceutical compounds containing AA and DI led to very similar values to those obtained by the classical iodometric analysis. The average absolute errors (in µg g-1) calculated for each analyte were 0.3, 0.1, 0.4 and 0.3 for AA, DA, EP and DI, respectively, for multiple linear regression and 0.3, 0.4, 0.4 e 0.2 for AA, DA, EP and DI , respectively, for partial least square regression. The second study presents a method for differential amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide in rainwater in association with flow injection analysis and immobilized catalase enzymes in a tubular reactor using glutaraldeyde and amberlite IRA - 743 which support. The calibration curves for hydrogen peroxide standards was linear in the concentration range from 1 to 10 x 10-6 mol L-1 with a relative standard deviation (RSD) < 1 %. The detection limit was calculated as 2.9 x 10-7 mol L-1. The rainwater samples analyses where compared with the amperometric using mercury microelectrode and spectrophotometric methods, showing very good correlation between all the methods. The third method describes the flow injection amperometric determination of glucose and uric acid simultaneously, using two microelectrodes with different composition (platinum and platinum+glucose oxidase+cellulose acetate) and a multi-channel detection system. The calibration curves for glucose standards was linear in the concentration range from 1 to 10 x 10-4 mol L-1 with a relative standard deviation (RSD) < 1 %. The detection limit was calculated as 5 x 10-5 mol L-1. The analyses of synthetic samples were compared with the spectrophotometric method, showing very good correlation between the methods. (AU) | |