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to chelate

to chelate

1 9.3
To join a metal ion to an organic molecule to form a stable ring
  • verb
  • /ˈkiːleɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : quelar
  • We put together a high performance health plan to chelate those metals so she could slow her aging process and reduce risks of disease development.
  • chelate iron

They have, there are certain chemicals that that you could get prescribed that would actually chelate some of the mercury.

Examples

  • The compound was designed to chelate various metal ions in solution.

  • It's almost synonymous with the word chelate is EDTA.

  • How do you know removing mercury from the brain is what helped your child improve, and that he would not have improved without chelating?

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  • The tartrate is a chelating agent that allows the copper to dissolve in the water more easily.

  • So in, in this patent, he had a, a surfactant chelating agent, EDTA and an alcohol.

  • You can buy something called Magnesium Alginate, a chelated formula, either on Amazon or from your trusted supplement peddler by mail.

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  • After that, the Ag+ chelated NH2-CP was collected and fully rinsed with water to remove the physically adsorbed species.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Many medications can chelate heavy metals, helping to treat poisonings effectively.

  • In the lab, scientists often chelate metals to improve their solubility for experiments.

Synonyms

to complex
vsto chelate
  • Specialized
1 8.3

Join with a metal or molecule to form a compound

forms a stable ring around a metal ion rather than a broad association

Compounds

chelate compound
  • Specialized
7.5

A compound where a metal atom is held inside a ring of other atoms

How Stable

to sequester
  • Specialized
1 8.6
to chelate
  • Specialized
1 9.3
to bind
  • Specialized
131 3.9

Surface Forms

chelate infinitive
chelated past
chelated past participle
chelating present participle
chelates third person singular

Morphology

chelate = chela (semi-transparent) = chela + ate

Verb formed by '-ate' from 'chela'; the action sense 'to form a claw-like (ring) binding' is a technical metaphor in chemistry and not transparent to non-specialists.

Etymology

Chelate comes from the Greek chele 'claw' and gives the image of a molecule 'clawing' onto a metal ion at several points to form a stable ring. So to chelate is to bind a metal tightly by grabbing it in more than one place.