Abstract:
Abstract
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The electrochemical behaviors .of paracetamol on glassy carbon electrodes (GCE) were
investigated by cyclic Voltammetry (CV), square wave Voltammetry (SWV), and differential
pulse Voltammetry (DPV). Aqueous phosphate buffer (pH 7) was used as solvent and supporting
electrolyte. The electrochemical reaction was found to be quasi-reversible, involving the transfer
of two electrons. Several parameters were investigated for studying the redox behavior of
paracetamol like the effect of pH, concentration and scan rate. As the pH increases the anodic
peak potential drastically shifts to the negative potential, which indicates that hydrogen ion takes
part in the electrochemical oxidation of Paracetamol. An optimization of instrumental parameters
was performed for the differential pulse and square wave voltammetric techniques. A direct
relationship has been observed between concentration and the anodic peak current. Further work
should be conducted to study other properties of Paracetamol and any body who is interested to
study the property of Paracetamol using voltammetric technique can use preferable SWV
technique to achieve better result than CV and DPV.