in this research, a pvc membrane electrode for manganese (ii) ions based on n-(2-picolinamidoethyl)picolinamide as neutral carrier was prepared. the electrode exhibits a nemstian responseover mn(ii) concentration range of (1.0 x10-5 t01.0 x 10-1m) with a slope of 29.3±0.5 mv perdecade of concentration with a working ph range of 4.0-9.0. it has a fast response time (