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Selecting The Correct VERSENE™ Chelating Agent (797 KB PDF)This piece offers a listing of various areas chelating agents are used for controlling metal ions as well as discusses Dow's complete family of VERSENE™ chelating agents along with their typical properties. It guides you in determining the requirements for selecting the appropriate chelant. |
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General Overview Brochure (300 KB PDF) This piece describes how uncontrolled metal ions react with products and processes, discusses the specific problems that can occur in different applications, compares the stability of Dow chelating agents with other types of metal ion control agents. A quick reference table lists the common symptoms of undesirable trace metal reactions for a wide variety of applications along with the benefits of using chelating agents in each application. |
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Metal Ion Control For Hard Surface Cleaners (526 KB PDF) This brochure discusses how VERSENE™ chelating agents ions can help in cleaning products by controlling metal ions. It offers product selection assistance as well as pH and heat stability data. |
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Direct Food Uses (13 KB PDF) This data sheet provides a complete listing of FDA cleared direct food uses for VERSENE™ chelating agents. |
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VERSENE™ Food Application Guide (217 KB PDF) This guide describes how VERSENE™ chelating agents deactivate undesirable metal ions in food processing applications. It also contains a description of indirect food applications, FDA allowed uses, EU cleared uses, pH and heat stability properties as well as a comparison with other chelating agents. VERSENE™ Food Technical Briefs These briefs explain why metal ions are a problem in each application and how VERSENE™ food-grade EDTA can help. Each technical brief lists the VERSENE™ products available for that application, the agents' typical properties, and a discussion of current FDA regulations. |
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Nutritional Data for VERSENE™ CA and NA Chelating Agents (38 KB PDF)
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Beverages (166 KB PDF)
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Canned Beans & Potatoes (54 KB PDF)
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Canned Seafood (21 KB PDF)
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Dressings/Sauces (53 KB PDF)
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Pickled Products (56 KB PDF)
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| Personal Care |
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VERSENE™ Chelating Agents for Personal Care Formulations (456 KB PDF) This brochure discusses product options, usage levels and benefits for VERSENE™ chelants in your personal care formulations. |
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Versene™ NA Edetate Disodium USP Effective Stabilizer/Preservative for Pharmaceutical Liquids (22 KB PDF) This one-page data sheet provides information on using VERSENE™ NA in pharmaceutical products. |
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VERSENE™ NA Chelating Agent -- An Effective Stabilizer and Preservative for Pharmaceutical Preparations (152 KB PDF) This technical data sheet provides information on the functionality of VERSENE™ NA chelating agent in various pharmaceutical applications as well as regulatory information. |
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VERSENE™ Chelating Agents Improve Your Sodium Hydrosulfite Bleaching (746 KB PDF) This 4-page bulletin discusses how using VERSENE™ chelating agents can help control iron and maximize hydrosulfite bleaching efficiency. Several case studies highlighting successes at mills using VERSENE™ chelating agents are noted. |
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Improving Textile Processing with VERSENE™ chelating agents (389 KB PDF) This piece discusses the harmful effects of metal ions in textile processing and provides specific chelant treatment suggestions. |