Substance:Nitrilotriacetic acid

From Learn Chemistry Wiki

• Main ChemSpider page
• Molecular formula: C₆H₉NO₆
• Molar mass: 191.139
• CAS Registry Number: Not available
• Appearance: Nitrilotriacetic acid, 99%; Nitrilotriacetic acid, ACS, 98.0% min; Nitrilotriacetic acid, 99%; Nitrilotriacetic acid, ACS, 98.0% min; white crystalline powder
• Melting point: 246 °C
• Boiling point: Not available
• Solubility: Water, 5.91e+004 mg/L (25 deg C)
• Safety sheet: Not available
• Spectra: Check on SDBS. Add Spectra (Help).

From Wikipedia

Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), C₆H₉NO₆, is a polyamino carboxylic acid and is used as a chelating agent which forms coordination compounds with metal ions (chelates) such as Ca²⁺, Cu²⁺ or Fe³⁺.

Read more... Edit at Wikipedia...

Other names

2,2',2-Nitrilotriacetic acid (IUPAC Name); alpha,alpha',alpha-Trimethylaminetricarboxylic Acid; N,n-bis(carboxymethyl)-glycine; NTA; Ntana3; Triglycine

References

Please add any relevant references here.