Table 1 Carbon paste composition’s impact on electrode performance.

From: Characterization of a simple potentiometric graphite based sensor and its effective applicability in sensitive and selective determination of Cu(II) ion in vegetable foliar, real water and pharmaceutical samples

Electrode No.

Plasticizer (100 mg)

Schiff base Ionophore, mg

Graphite, mg

Slope ± SD*,

mV decade−1

Linear range, mol L−1

R2

1

TCP

0

250

18.14 ± 2.33

1 × 10−7- 1 × 10−1

0.8086

2

TCP

5

250

28.50 ± 1.12

1 × 10−5- 1 × 10−1

0.9975

3

TCP

10

250

29.57 ± 0.80

1 × 10−7- 1 × 10−1

0.9999

4

TCP

15

250

29.50 ± 1.50

1 × 10−4 −1 × 10−1

0.9957

5

TCP

20

250

27.75 ± 2.78

1 × 10−4 −1 × 10−1

0.9918

6

DOP

10

250

31.60 ± 2.82

1 × 10−5- 1 × 10−1

0.9902

7

o-NPOE

10

250

21.80 ± 1.84

1 × 10−5- 1 × 10−1

0.9932

8

DHP

10

250

23.68 ± 7.39

1 × 10−5- 1 × 10−1

0.9518

9

DBP

10

250

25.40 ± 6.24

1 × 10−5- 1 × 10−1

0.9755

  1. *SD of 5 replicates.