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A micellar enhanced flow-injection fluorimetric method was developed for the determination of carbendazim in natural water samples. The method is based on the direct injection of 500 μ1 of water into a three-channel flow manifold in which the samples are merged with a buffer solution and subsequently with a surfactant solution. Two alternative procedures were used: one based on the use of sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles in 0.1 M HCl, which permits a 2.6-fold enhancement of the sensitivity found in the absence of micelles to be obtained, and the other based on the use of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in 0.1 M NaOH, which provides a 11.6-fold enhancement of sensitivity and a limit of detection of 1.3 × 10 −8 M, which corresponds to 2.5 μg1 −1 of carbendazim. The recovery of carbendazim in spiked water samples of different types varied from 94 to 107%. |