chelating agent

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a ligand that forms chelates.

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chelating agent British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

A two-year-old girl died when being treated for lead poisoning when she was given an adult dose of a chelating agent; a five-year-old boy being with autism went limp and died in a doctor’s office; and a 53-year-old woman who had undergone the treatment three times before died of a cardiac arrhythmia in the office of her naturopathic practitioner.

From Forbes

In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on three cases in which a chelating agent killed patients.

From Forbes

Then he flushed the chelating agent with dilute hydrochloric acid.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive