A novel method for the determination of trace mercury in waters by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) coupled with spectrophotometry has been devel- oped. The preposed method uses thio-Michler's ketone (TMK) as a chelating agent for mercury and carbon tetrachloride as an extraction solvent, acetone as a disperser. The pa- rameters for determination of mecury were optimized including the pH of solution, the che- lating agent for mecury, the types and dosages of extraction solvent, dispersant and the ex- traction time. Under th...