| Chemical Properties | white powder |
| Uses | chelating agent, antioxidant |
| Uses | Preservative and color retention agent in foods, flavoring agent. As antioxidant in foods. Pharmaceutic aid (chelating agent); anticoagulant for blood collection. Chelating agent in personal care products, in pulp and paper industry, in laboratory titrimetric analysis of metals and solubilization of metal Compounds. |
| Definition | ChEBI: EDTA trisodium salt is the organic sodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) in which three sodium cations are associated with one trianion of EDTA. It contains an EDTA(3-). |
| General Description | Odorless white crystalline powder. pH (1% aqueous solution) 9.3. pH (10% aqueous solution) about 8.3-8.7. |
| Air & Water Reactions | Slightly water soluble. |
| Reactivity Profile | Aqueous solutions of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid trisodium salt solution react with aluminum to produce hydrogen. Oxidizers should be avoided. |
| Fire Hazard | Literature sources indicate that Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid trisodium salt solution is noncombustible. |
| Flammability and Explosibility | Notclassified |
| Safety Profile | Poison by
intraperitoneal route. Moderately toxic by
ingestion. When heated to decomposition it
emits toxic fumes of NOx and Na2O. |
