The standard addition method (SAM) has been used to correct matrix effects in instrumental analysis. 1,2 However, SAM cannot be used when both spectral interferences and matrix effects are present, because inexact results can be obtained.2 To overcome this drawback, a generalized standard addition method (GSAM) was proposed by Saxberg and Kowalski 3 , and has been applied to spectrophotometry 4-6 , inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) 7-9 , flame photometry 10 , graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry 11 , stripping voltammetry 12 and potentiometric stripping analysis. 13 In spite of the fact that GSAM allows the correcting of matrix effects and spectral interferences in multicomponent analysis [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] , it is slow and laborious when carried out by manual procedures. 4,7,[11][12][13] This drawback has been surpassed using automated procedures 5,6,[8][9][10] to implement GSAM. The first automated system for GSAM implementation was proposed by Kalivas and Kowalski 5 and applied to spectrophotometric determinations of nickel, cobalt and copper in synthetic samples. Standard and sample solutions were added to the recipient with magnetic agitation by pumping, and different addition levels were selected by weighing. After each addition step, the solutions were mixed and pumped towards the detector. The pump, balance, valves, magnetic stirrer, spectrophotometer and GSAM data treatment were operated under computer control. The system required large amounts of samples and reagents, and was characterized by a low sample throughput.Zagatto et al. 9 demonstrated that by using a flow injection system with merging-zones, the standard addition manipulations required for GSAM implementation of alloy analysis by ICP-AES could be significantly simplified and completed within a shorter period of time with less sample and reagent materials. In this system, both the sample and the standard solutions were injected into two separate carrier streams, merged at the confluence point where the zones were added to each other and mixing was improved inside the following coil, before the standard+sample zone reached the detector. By applying this system, a large set of added standard solutions should be prepared to permit different addition levels to be achieved.Giné et al. 8 demonstrated that a single standard solution per analyte was sufficient for GSAM implementation to rock analysis by ICP-AES, when a flow injection system with merging-zones approach and a zone-sampling process was utilized. In this system, a standard solution was introduced into the first carrier stream and, after a defined time interval, an aliquot of the standard dispersed zone was resampled and introduced into a second carrier stream, being added to the sample zone via the merging-zones approach. By selecting different time A novel strategy for implementing a generalized standard addition method (GSAM) in a simple two-channel flow injection (FI) system and for correcting matrix effects and spectral inter...