Evaluation study of an ion selective field effect transistor electrode for measuring quality parameters of fuel ethanol

an ion selective field effect transistor (isfet) electrode was evaluated for measuring ph and acid number (an) of fuel ethanol and compared to two glass electrodes with different reference filling solutions: kcl aqueous solution (glass-kcl electrode) and licl ethanolic solution (glass-licl electrode). ph was determined at different measurement times and an was determined using automatic potentiometric titration. for ph, the glass-kcl electrode showed the best precision and stability, with an average repeatability about four times better when compared to the isfet electrode for the measurement time of 30 s (as indicated in the astm d6423 standard). for an, the glass-kcl and glass-licl electrodes showed similar repeatabilities, which were about three times better than that of the isfet electrode. in addition, the results from a recovery study demonstrated better accuracy of the glass-licl electrode, with a recovery value of 100.1%.