For example, the stabilizer of organotin compounds can becombined with the unstablechlorineatomof the carboxymethylcellulosemolecule, and the organotin andunstable chlorine atoms are replaced.
Small enough to fit in the bed of a large pickup truck, the Ferrator strips electrons from iron atoms to make ferrate--an unstablemolecule that bonds to and neutralizes heavy metals, phosphates and bacteria.