1Department of Chemistry, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee 46, D-71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany
World Journal of Chemical Education.
2020,
Vol. 8 No. 4, 163-169
DOI: 10.12691/wjce-8-4-4
Copyright © 2020 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Achim Habekost. Monitoring pH Using Alizarin-modified Commercial Screen-printed Electrodes.
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2020; 8(4):163-169. doi: 10.12691/wjce-8-4-4.
Correspondence to: Achim Habekost, Department of Chemistry, University of Education Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee 46, D-71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany. Email:
A. Habekost@t-online.deAbstract
A pH-sensor based on alizarin-modified screen-printed multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-SPE, Orion High Technologies) imbedded in Nafion® shows a linear dependence between the oxidation potential and the pH from pH 0 to pH 10. This modified MWCNT-SPE is compared to a commercial alizarin SPE (DRP 110ALI, Metrohm - DropsSens). In addition to this technical application, these pH sensors seem to be a good didactic alternative to the widely used pH glass electrode, which many students find hard to understand.
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