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chelating agent

American  

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a ligand that forms chelates.

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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A chelating ligand is also known as a chelating agent.

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

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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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“As I understand it, then,” said Major Grodski, “the antidote for the … uh … chelating agent is magnesium?”

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