Quantitative determination of spring water quality parameters via electronic tongue

[EN] The use of a voltammetric electronic tongue for the quantitative analysis of quality parameters in spring water is proposed here. The electronic voltammetric tongue consisted of a set of four noble electrodes (iridium, rhodium, platinum, and gold) housed inside a stainless steel cylinder. These...

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Autores: Carbó-Mestre, Noèlia, López-Carrero, Javier, Garcia-Castillo, F. Javier, Tormos, Isabel, Olivas, Estela, Folch, Elisa, Soto Camino, Juan, Martínez-Bisbal, M.Carmen, Alcañiz Fillol, Miguel|||0000-0002-4579-9210, Martínez-Máñez, Ramón|||0000-0001-5873-9674
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/98791
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/98791
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Spring water
Electronic voltammetric tongue
Water quality control
Partial least squares
QUIMICA INORGANICA
TECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICA
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Sumario:[EN] The use of a voltammetric electronic tongue for the quantitative analysis of quality parameters in spring water is proposed here. The electronic voltammetric tongue consisted of a set of four noble electrodes (iridium, rhodium, platinum, and gold) housed inside a stainless steel cylinder. These noble metals have a high durability and are not demanding for maintenance, features required for the development of future automated equipment. A pulse voltammetry study was conducted in 83 spring water samples to determine concentrations of nitrate (range: 6.9-115 mg/L), sulfate (32-472 mg/L), fluoride (0.08-0.26 mg/L), chloride (17-190 mg/L), and sodium (11-94 mg/L) as well as pH (7.3-7.8). These parameters were also determined by routine analytical methods in spring water samples. A partial least squares (PLS) analysis was run to obtain a model to predict these parameter. Orthogonal signal correction (OSC) was applied in the preprocessing step. Calibration (67%) and validation (33%) sets were selected randomly. The electronic tongue showed good predictive power to determine the concentrations of nitrate, sulfate, chloride, and sodium as well as pH and displayed a lower R-2 and slope in the validation set for fluoride. Nitrate and fluoride concentrations were estimated with errors lower than 15%, whereas chloride, sulfate, and sodium concentrations as well as pH were estimated with errors below 10%.