A method of simultaneous determination of copper (II), lead (II) and cadmium (II) in sulphuric acid-iocide ion medium was established by derivative anodic stripping voltammetry (DASV) on the gold electrode. The peak theights of lead and cadmium were increased by enhancement effect of iodide ion and the peaks of bismuth and copper were well formed and completely resolved on gold electrode in the presence of iodide ion, therefore peak of copper is not affected by bismuth. The sensitivities for copper, lead and cadmium were very high and their peak potentials in the stripping voltammogram were +0.25, -0.2 and -0.27 volt, respectively. The dependence of peak height of these elemets on their concentrations was linear. The detection limits for copper, lead and cadmium were 0.2 0.2 and 0.05 ppb, respectively. We have further studied the electrode process by means of triangle cyclic voltammetry and proved that he electrode reaction of copper is reversible, and that the reversibility of electrode reactions of lead and cadmium is not good.

Key words: GOLD, COPPER, CADMIUM, LEAD, ANODIC-STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRID METHOD, METAL ELECTRODE, IODIDE ION