A 7.9 mmol L−1 (1.0 g L−1) iodide solution was prepared from the 0.10 mol L−1 iodide stock solution (sodium iodide) acquired from Hanna instruments (HI 4011-01, Hanna Instruments, Woonsocket, RI, USA). The working solutions were prepared daily, within a range of 0.20–4.0 µmol L−1 (0.20, 0.40, 0.80, 2.0, and 4.0 µmol L−1) of iodide.
A cerium solution containing 1.85 mmol L−1 Ce(IV) and an arsenious solution containing 100 mmol L−1 As(III) and 0.43 mol L−1 NaCl (Ce(IV) and As(III) solutions) were prepared in 1 mol L−1 H2SO4 from appropriate amounts of ammonium cerium(IV) sulphate dihydrate (Sigma-Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany), sodium (meta)arsenite (Sigma-Aldrich, Germany), and sodium chloride (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) and a sulphuric acid stock solution, respectively.
The sulphuric acid solution, 1 mol L−1, was prepared by dilution of the concentrated acid (d = 1.84, 95–97%, Fluka, Taufkirchen, Germany) in MQW.
An oxidant solution, 0.3% of potassium peroxodisulfate, was prepared by dissolving 0.30 g of potassium peroxodisulfate (Merck, Germany) in 100 mL of 1 mol L−1 of H2SO4.