Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Acad. Lavrentiev Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
A novel electrochemical methods namely standard free anodic stripping voltammetry and anodic stripping voltammetric titration are proposed for determination of dissolved sulfide concentration. 2Ag(+) + S(2-) --> Ag(2)S reaction is used to provide the information. The anodic stripping voltammetric response of unreacted silver-ions at the glassy carbon electrode is used as analytical signal. Results reliability and accuracy are confirmed by analysis of model solutions, spiked natural and tap waters and recovery study, with a recovery of 100 +/- 5% (n=7) obtained. The approaches show the detection limit (3sigma(blank)) of 2-5x10(-10) mol L(-1) and the relative standard deviation of 2-5% for repeated measurements.