End-point detection in potentiometric titration by continuous wavelet transform. 2009

Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland. jakubows@agh.edu.pl

The aim of this work was construction of the new wavelet function and verification that a continuous wavelet transform with a specially defined dedicated mother wavelet is a useful tool for precise detection of end-point in a potentiometric titration. The proposed algorithm does not require any initial information about the nature or the type of analyte and/or the shape of the titration curve. The signal imperfection, as well as random noise or spikes has no influence on the operation of the procedure. The optimization of the new algorithm was done using simulated curves and next experimental data were considered. In the case of well-shaped and noise-free titration data, the proposed method gives the same accuracy and precision as commonly used algorithms. But, in the case of noisy or badly shaped curves, the presented approach works good (relative error mainly below 2% and coefficients of variability below 5%) while traditional procedures fail. Therefore, the proposed algorithm may be useful in interpretation of the experimental data and also in automation of the typical titration analysis, specially in the case when random noise interfere with analytical signal.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011199 Potentiometry Solution titration in which the end point is read from the electrode-potential variations with the concentrations of potential determining ions. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
D000465 Algorithms A procedure consisting of a sequence of algebraic formulas and/or logical steps to calculate or determine a given task. Algorithm
D017186 Titrimetry The determination of the concentration of a given component in solution (the analyte) by addition of a liquid reagent of known strength (the titrant) until an equivalence point is reached (when the reactants are present in stoichiometric proportions). Often an indicator is added to make the equivalence point visible (e.g., a change in color).

Related Publications

Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
January 2005, IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
November 2008, Electrophoresis,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
April 2005, Applied optics,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
January 2002, Journal of chemical information and computer sciences,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
September 2006, Bioinformatics (Oxford, England),
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
June 2018, Sensors (Basel, Switzerland),
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
January 1995, IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
August 2012, Optics express,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
April 2016, Journal of neural engineering,
Małgorzata Jakubowska, and Bogusław Baś, and Władysław W Kubiak
January 2007, International journal of nanomedicine,
Copied contents to your clipboard!