“…3 A number of kinetic spectrophotometric methods based on different indicator reactions with and without ow injection are used for the catalytic determination of Mo, including direction spectrophotometric methods. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In this sense, catalytic spectrophotometry, which is based on the measurement of a catalytic species in trace or ultra-trace amounts, in which an indicator substance, a chromophore absorbing in the UV-Visible region, reacts with only a reductant or oxidant, is oen the preferred kinetic method in trace analysis. Owing to the low sensitivities and selectivities of these methods, which require the use of masking agents and ion-exchange resins to suppress the matrix effect and activators and surfactants, such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and 2-[2-[3,4-bis(2hydroxyethoxy)oxolan-2-yl]-2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]ethyl octadec-9-enoate (Tween 80), to improve the sensitivity of the analytical method, preconcentration and/or separation steps are usually necessary.…”