Why is commercially available EDTA in the form of disodium salt, Na2H2Y.2H2O?     to decrease EDTA solubility in water     because of difficulty in synthesizing other forms of EDTA     to increase the binding capacity of EDTA with metal ions     to increase EDTA solubility in water

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Problem 51QAP: A child eats 10.0 g of paint containing 5.0% Pb. How many grams of the sodium salt of EDTA,...
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Why is commercially available EDTA in the form of disodium salt, Na2H2Y.2H2O?

   

to decrease EDTA solubility in water

   

because of difficulty in synthesizing other forms of EDTA

   

to increase the binding capacity of EDTA with metal ions

   

to increase EDTA solubility in water

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