The northern Adriatic Sea is a particular water system, in which the levels of nutrients are commonly low or unbalanced. In general, phosphate detection can be done with the classical molybdenum-blue method. However, the method cannot be used in oligotrophic seawater samples due to its low sensitivity and high interference problems. In this study, we present a new electrochemical method, based on the application of a plastic conductive electrode containing a molybdenum reagent embedded. The sensitivity for phosphate was high enough to detect this nutrient in oligotrophic seawater.
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1882-1619
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-6465-5477
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7429-9880
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7628-093X
University of Udine, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6916-7373
Titolo del capitolo
Electrochemical phosphate detection in oligotrophic seawater with a stand-alone plastic electrode
Autori
Federico Figueredo, Federico Girolametti, Silvia Illuminati, Cristina Truzzi, Anna Annibaldi, Sabina Susmel
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.70
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Sottotitolo del libro
Livorno (Italy) June 2020
Curatori
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-147-1
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-148-8
Collana
Proceedings e report
ISSN della collana
2704-601X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5846