Role of EDTA protonation in chelation-based removal of mercury ions from water
Halyna Butovych, Fatemeh Keshavarz, B. Barbiellini, E. Lähderanta, Jaroslav Ilnytskyi, T. Patsahan
Abstract
complex formation improving the efficiency of the chelation process. The best metal removal conditions are achieved using the fully deprotonated form of EDTA, which naturally occurs at pH levels above 3.
Topics & Concepts
ChelationProtonationMercury (programming language)ChemistryAqueous solutionIonInorganic chemistryDensity functional theoryChelation therapyComputational chemistryOrganic chemistryComputer scienceProgramming languageMolecular Sensors and Ion DetectionMercury impact and mitigation studiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies