Suppressor and anti-suppressor additives in an acid copper sulfate plating
bath are analyzed by the cyclic voltammetric stripping (CVS) method
without cleaning or rinsing the cell between the two analyses. The
suppressor analysis is performed first and the suppressor concentration
in the resulting measurement solution is adjusted to a predetermined
value corresponding to full suppression. This fully-suppressed solution
is then used as the background electrolyte for the anti-suppressor
analysis. This integrated analysis approach provides results comparable
to those obtained with cell cleaning and rinsing between the analyses but
significantly reduces the analysis time, consumption of expensive
chemicals, and quantity of hazardous waste generated.