In the present investigation, the application of an organic coprecipitant, 2-
[5,6-dichloro-2-(2-bromobenzyl)-1H-benzimidazole-1-yl]acetohydrazide
(DIBBA), for separation and preconcentration of Cu(II) ions in fruit and
water samples through a new carrier element free coprecipitation (CEFC)
method was researched for the first time. Flame atomic absorption
spectrometer (FAAS) was utilized for the analyses of Cu(II) ions. The main
effective experimental factors such as solution pH, DIBBA quantity, waiting
time, centrifuge speed and duration and volume of sample on the recovery
efficiency of Cu(II) ions were explored in detail. Under the optimized
conditions the preconcentration factor (PF), relative standard deviation
(RSD), and limits of detection (LOD) was achieved as 50, 3.4 %, and 0.44 ?g
L-1, respectively. No interference effects were detected by virtue of the
presence of various foreign ions. Satisfactory recoveries (in the range of
94.4 to 103.0 %) in the environmental sample matrix were acquired. After
being validated the recommended selective, low cost, simple and rapid CEFC
method by spike/recovery tests, it was featly implemented for the low levels
detection of Cu(II) ions in sour cherry, mulberry, apple, and peach as fruit
samples and stream and sea water samples without any significant matrix
effects.