[a] 1Introduction Thec hange in hair color is ap ractice widely used by men and women to improve the appearance.R ecent research shows that 8-25 %o fm en and 75 %o fw omen in Denmark and the US make use of hair dye.T hese numbers are even higher in Japan, whose hair coloring reaches 85 %o fw omen and 33 %f or men before 20 years [ 1,2]. Hair colorants are classified as permanent, semi-permanent and temporary hair dyes [3].T he class of temporary dyes is used with the aim to provide ar apid change in hair coloring, but not persistent fixation and is marketed in the form of lotions,s hampoos,s prays and others [3,4]. Ther eleaseo ft hese dyes in the wastewaters from washes in salons is ag reat environmental problem and has demandeda nalyticalm ethods for its determination [ 5,6]. Amongt hem,t he determination of basic blue 41 (BB-41 dye) has gained attention, since it is widely used in these products.I ts determination is described by PELEZ-CID et. al. using capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection [7].S eparations were conducted with as olvent mixture of acetonitrile/methanol (75 :25, v/v) containing 1mol L À1 acetic acid and 10 mM sodiuma cetate.T he limit of detection was 1.49 mmolL
À1.H owever, these methodsu sually require large amounts of samples, sample preparation,h igh analysis time,g reat use of solvents and the detection is not compatible with the level required for surface or drinking water treatment plant for instance.Taking into account that the BB-41 dye bear azo group easily reduced [8],n ew electrochemical methods focused on their determination using rapid,p racticable and sensible sensor should be very relevant. Forthis the use of graphene as modifier is proposed.Graphene is af lat sheet of carbon atoms with sp 2 bonds that are densely compacted, and extremely thin,assembled in ah exagonalc rystalline structure [9,10].D ue to its structural, electrical, chemical, optical, and mechanical extraordinary properties and large surface area, graphene and its derivatives have attracted great interest in their applications in the constructiono fe lectrochemical sensors in aw ide range of detection possibilities [11,12]. Thus,t he surface modification of screen-printed electrodes with graphenec ould be av iable alternative measure of BB-41 dye at low concentration using disposable electrodes.W ang et al. have demonstrated that screen-printed electrodes modified for bismuth/graphene/ionic liquid Abstract:T his paper describes ar apid and sensitive methodf or determination of the hair dye Basic Blue 41 in wastewater samples using screen-printedc arbon electrodes modified with graphene (SPCE/Gr). Them ethod is based on the reversible reduction of azo groups of the dye at potential of À0.23 V/À0.26 V, where both the anodic and cathodicc urrents increased 1,300 %w hen compared to screen-printed carbon (SPCE) and glassy carbon electrodes (GCE ,s howed relative standard deviationo f3 .56 and 0.57 %, respectively.T he sensor based in SPCE/Gr was successfully applied in wastewater samples collect...