Trilon B

Introduction

Trilon B is an excipient widely used in the chemical industry and laboratory practice. As such, Trilon B is a white crystalline powder that is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol, ether and benzene. The scope of application of Trilon B is its chemical and physical properties, such as the ability to dissolve salts, including carbonates and bicarbonates, as well as form complex compounds with various metals. This material has a high pH balance of about 8-12, making it ideal for use as a buffer in chemistry or biochemistry.

The chemical structure of Trilon B consists of carboxylic acid and ethylenediamine diacetic acid tetraacetate, the latter containing four ester bonds that are easily destroyed during hydrolysis. As a result of the formation of these complexes, the trilon hydrolyzate molecule dissolves and creates ideal conditions for eliminating carbonates in water. Trilon is a good complexing agent, capable of forming stable complexes with many metal ions such as calcium, magnesium and iron, in the presence of which it acquires a bright blue color. However, it should be noted that Trilon does not have specific properties relative to a particular metal, and a complex will form with most metals in solution. Despite Trilon's high solubility in water and hydrocarbons, it is immiscible with ammonia and other alkaline compounds such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.