Sensitive detection of uranium in water samples using differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry on glassy carbon electrode

Direct and rapid determination of trace amounts of uranium in natural water remains a challenge. Herein, determination of uranium by differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry (DPAdSV) in presence of cupferron and diphenylguanidine on glassy carbon electrode was investigated. Under optimized conditions, the DPAdSV peak current was proportional to the concentration of uranium in the range of 3–80 μg L−1 with the detection limit of 1.0 μg L−1 and a linear correlation coefficient of 0.999. The DPAdSV method based on GCE was successfully applied to direct determination of trace uranium in natural water samples.