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
Chapter Title
Electrochemical phosphate detection in oligotrophic seawater with a stand-alone plastic electrode
Authors
Federico Figueredo, Federico Girolametti, Silvia Illuminati, Cristina Truzzi, Anna Annibaldi, Sabina Susmel
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.70
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Publication Year
2020
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Book Title
Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) June 2020
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
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Publication Year
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
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
Series Title
Proceedings e report
Series ISSN
2704-601X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5846