Voltammetric Study for Determination of Non-essential Metal Cd(II) in water samples (River and Sea) using Eriochrome Blue Black R as Complexing

Abstract

The research on the determination of Cd(II) metal in river and seawater samples using the Adsortive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry (AdCSV) method has been done. In order to increase the sensitivity and selectivity of Cd(II) measurement, it is necessary to determine the optimum condition for the variation of potential ligand accumulation, accumulation time, pH and optimum ligand concentration. It is also determined the accuracy and precision of the method used by determining the value of the relative standard deviation (SDR), as well as the recovery value. The result obtained is chalcone as the optimum ligand, the optimum accumulation potential is -0.1 V, the optimum accumulation time is 60 seconds, the optimum solution pH is 6, and the optimum chalcone concentration is 0.5 mM. The relative standard deviation value is 4.27%, the recovery value is 98.31%. The application of the VSAd method to water sample results the concentration of Cu(II) metal in the sample of Bangek river, Indonesia is 4.778 g/L and seawater in Teluk Kabung, Indonesia is 5.189 g/L.