Β-Cyclodextrin and multiwalled carbon nanotubes modified boron-doped diamond electrode for voltammetric assay of carbendazim and its corrosion inhibition behavior on stainless steel

Abstract

© 2017, The Author(s). In this work, the use of square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry (SWAdSV) in combination with boron-doped diamond electrode modified with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-BDDE) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD, β-CD-MWCNTs-BDDE) for the determination of the fungicide carbendazim (Cbz) is described for the first time. Cbz oxidation response was observed in the Britton-Robinson buffer supporting electrolyte in a pH range from 2.3 to 6.0 in potential range from + 1.0 to + 1.3 V vs SCE. The SWAdSV peak current of Cbz oxidation response on β-CD-MWCNTs-BDDE with peak maxima close to + 1.2 V vs SCE at pH 4.0 was linear over the wide linear dynamic range of 6.72 × 10−7–1.12 × 10−5 mol L−1with a detection limit (LOD) of 1.96 × 10−7 mol L−1. The obtained results demonstrated the viability of the proposed methodology for determination of Cbz in river water samples containing low concentrations of Cbz. Moreover, the effect of Cbz on the corrosion properties of an AISI type 316 L stainless steel used to fabricate farming equipment and tools was tested by means of the potentiodynamic method. The characterization and evaluation of the corrosion inhibition effect raised from the use of Cbz was performed using optical microscope.