Abstract
The synthesis of the difurylmethane-maleicanhydride(DFM-MAH) copolymer was done by reacting difurylmethane with maleic acid followed by hydrolysis with sodium hydroxide to produce the anhydride sodium salt. Construction of a sensor with the copolymer as the ion-exchanger material was done by mixing the copolymer with poly(vinylchloride), PVC, plastic matrix and dibutylphthalate (DBP) plasticizer in tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvent to form a paste. The paste was coated on a piece of silver wire to produce a coated wire electrode (CWE). The response characteristics of the copolymer-CWE, in potentiometric analysis, were studied for mono-, di- and tri-valent cations. All the cations studied showed a near-Nernstian response for concentrations ranging from 5 x 10-8 M to 1 x 100M in triethanolamine buffer in aqueous media (0.5 M, pH 10.5). The membrane had a composition of 20:20:60 for the copolymer, PVC and DBP.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-82 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Macromolecular Symposia |
Volume | 165 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry