Chelating Agents - Biodegradable

Chelating agents are widely used in many industrial, domestic, and agriculture applications due to their ability to complex metals. Over the last decades, they have been used in several applications, however, the fact that they are not biodegradable leads to the presence of considerable amounts in aquatic systems, with serious environmental consequences. The replacement of these compounds by biodegradable alternatives has been the need of today.

Aquapharm offers wide range of biodegradable chelants viz. GLDA, HEIDA, IDS etc. These biodegradable chelating agents contains carboxylic groups connected to one or a few atoms of nitrogen are able to complex metal ions by formation around them one or a few stable heteroatom rings. This phenomenon is called chelating. Forming of stable complexes with metal ions is the base of their application for industrial purposes. The complexes formed due to chelation are dissolved in water and metal ions found in them do not exhibit such chemical activity as uncomplexed ions. Because of the importance of chelating agents they are produced and used in large quantities and their behaviour as well as their effect on the environment has received considerable attention.

These biodegradable chelants have wide application in Industrial Cleaning, Food Processing, Personal Care, Kitchen Cleaning, textiles, water treatment, Automatic Dishwashing and in pulp & paper.

Biodegradable/Green Chelating Agents, Antiscalants