Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/27

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Subject: [Leica] RE: EDTA
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:56:10 -0800
 
At 07:44 PM 3/27/00 -0500, Ernest B. Ferro wrote:

>	It's been 20+ years since I graduated with my chemistry degree but if
>memory serves, EDTA stands for ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid.  It's a
>chealating agent, something used to tie up metal ions.
>Ernie
>

This is correct.

I have five pounds (well, it started at 5lbs 15 years ago) of EDTA Ferric
Sodium salt that I have used over many years in the concoction of color
developers.

Jim