A hydrazine-based thiocarbamide probe for colorimetric and turn-on fluorometric detection of PO43− and AsO33− in semi-aqueous medium
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20% of the population in West Bengal, India is at risk to fatal levels of arsenic. Easy detection of As(iii) is demonstrated by the naked eye using a hydrazine-based thiocarbamide reagent. Limit of detection is 15 nM (AsO33−) at pH 8–12.