Chemically modified electrodes for environmental electroanalysis

Professorial Chair Lecture

Guy Potter Benton Professorial Lecture

Place

Institute of Chemistry, CAS, UPLB, College, Laguna

Date

6-30-2000

Abstract

The turn of the century has been a 'green" period of time in history. The society has decided that the environment must be protected and there have been ever increasing legal restraints and social pressures to reduce emissions to the atmosphere, discharges into the local water system as well as disposal of solids to landfill sites. Electrochemical technology has been contributing in many ways to this endeavor through pollution prevention and cleaner production (P2/CP) techniques Apart from cleaner generation of energy, cleaner synthesis, effluent treatment and electrochemical recycling methods, these strategies also include the development of electrochemical methods that can be used to detect and monitor various environmental pollutants. Within the context of environmental protection, new trends in electrochemical sensor research are geared towards developing electrode materials that are favorable to both the analyst and the environment. This lecture focuses on the exploitation of chemically modified electrodes for the analysis of substances that affect the overall quality of the environment. In addition, emphasis is given to those electrodes that have significant impacts on pollution abatement particularly the elimination of mercury in anodic stripping voltammetry. The results of current research investigation on chemically modified electrodes at the Institute of Chemistry is also presented.

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section

Call Number

Professorial Chair Lecture

Pages/Collation

36 leaves

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