ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
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ethylenediaminetetracetic acid (uncountable) (abbreviated as EDTA)
- (organic chemistry) A white crystalline acid, C2H4(N(CH2COOH)2)2, (and its sodium salt), a strong chelating agent with many industrial and analytical uses.
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- ethylenediaminetetracetate, ethylenediaminetetraacetate, edetate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)