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chelating agent

American

noun

Chemistry.

a ligand that forms chelates.

chelating agent British

noun

a chemical compound that coordinates with a metal to form a chelate, often used to trap or remove heavy metal ions

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chelating agent

A chelating ligand is also known as a chelating agent.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

He concocted another chelating agent with an appetite for gold and went back once more to Naples.

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Then he flushed the chelating agent with dilute hydrochloric acid.

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Then he filtered out the chelating agent and washed it with acid.

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But if the patient is treated with the proper chelating agent, the ions are surrounded and don’t do any more damage.

From Cum Grano Salis by Randall Garrett

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