Re: EDTA

dmilton@csus.edu
Mon, 15 Dec 1997 08:35:20 -0700

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Pure EDTA is not soluable in water, therefore, you must use EDTA disodium
or EDTA tetrasodium salt. EDTA is short for Ethylenediaminetetraacetic
Acid. I'll stick with EDTA. You'll find this stuff in your shampoo, food,
just about anything that needs to be looking fresh. One of the things EDTA
does is scavenge oxygen; most chemicals react negatively to oxygen,
therefore, these chemicals get a little boost from EDTA. PS: Just because
EDTA is in some foods, DO NOT eat this stuff. Treat all chemicals with
care, regardless of their purpose.

David P. Milton

>Looking through my chemical supplies catalogue, I found several references
>to EDTA-compounds. Is EDTA somewhat a generic term? Could someone
>explain? Could all "versions" be used or just the sodium salt ones?
>
>-olechr

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