ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Bromide Determination in Pharmaceutical
Preparations Using Indirect Gas-Diffusion Flow
Injection Method with Amperometric Detector
J. Mutic, S. Nikolic-Mandic, A. Lolic, D. Manojlovic
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Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade,
Studentski trg 12-14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2007;16(5):739-744
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ABSTRACT
The indirect gas-diffusion flow injection method (FI) was modified, optimized and successfully applied
to bromide determination in various samples such as active substances, drugs, organic substances and water
samples. The method is based on the oxidation of bromide to bromine in acidic medium, which diffuses through
PTFE membrane into the acceptor flow that carried bromine to the amperometric cell. The flow amperometric
detection was carried out at the potential of +0.65 V (vs Ag/AgCl) when injected sample volume was 100μL.
Results obtained by FIA were confirmed by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The linear calibration graph was obtained
over the concentration range 0.1–10x10-3 mol/L and 2.5–100x10-6 mol/L bromide solutions. Relative standard
deviation was 1.23% for 5x10-6 mol/L bromide solution and 0.11% for 0.25x10-3 mol/L bromide solution (n=6,
for both cases). The limit of detection was 5x10-8 mol/L. The described method requires small quantities of
samples and prior extraction of the analytes is not necessary. The method enables 60 analyses per hour.