Table 5: Results of robustness study of FVS.

Parameter variation

Recovery % ± SDa

Initial rate

Fixed time

No Change

100.75 ± 0.38

100.33 ± 0.32

MBTH (0.01 M) volume (± 0.1 mL)

0.90 mL

98.90 ± 0.23

98.96 ± 0.24

1.10 mL

99.05 ± 0.16

99.32 ± 0.21

Ce(SO4)2 (1% w/v) volume (± 0.1 mL)

0.90 mL

98.46 ± 0.26

98.60 ± 0.14

1.10 mL

98.27 ± 0.14

98.30 ± 0.12

Measurement time (± 5.0 min)

10 min

99.49 ± 0.13

99.58 ± 0.09

20 min

99.89 ± 0.15

100.03 ± 0.11

aAverage of five determinations.