The investigation of the dissolved iron(III) -nitrilotriacetate -hydroxide system in the water solution (I ¼ 0.1 mol L À1 in NaClO 4 ; pH 8.0 AE 0.1) using differential pulse cathodic voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, and sampled direct current (DC) polarography, was carried out on a static mercury drop electrode (SMDE , and À 0.154 AE 0.010 V, respectively. Although known previously in the literature, these four species have now for the first time been recorded simultaneously, i.e. proved to exist simultaneously under the given conditions.