07-20-2010, 08:38 AM
Derick Wrote:industrial use of phosphonates is in cooling waters, desalination systems, and in oil fields to inhibit scale formation.LeNeve Wrote:What are some of the applications for phosphonic acid?are you sure you mean phosphonic not phosphoric?
phosphonic acids are chelating agents
serve as carriers for radionuclides in bone cancer treatments
phosphonates are also used to treat "Sudden Oak Death"
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