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chelations

chelations is the plural of chelation.

Meaning of chelation

Noun

chelation (countable and uncountable, plural chelations)

  1. The formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt.
  2. The use of this process to remove metal ions from solution, especially to counter poisoning by heavy metals.

Questions about chelations

What is chelations the plural of?
Chelations is the plural of chelation.

Words near chelations in the dictionary

  1. chelates
  2. chelating
  3. chelating agent
  4. chelating agents
  5. chelation
  6. chelations
  7. chelative
  8. chelatometric
  9. chelator
  10. chelators
  11. cheldern

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chelations (page history and authors); chelation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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