Lithium
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sending stuff through the post
hello
i am about to send some things through the post, but i thought i might get a second opinion. i am not sending them, rather they are being sent to me.
the chems are:
2lb KOH
1lb Mg turnings
5lb Ca(NO3)2
and there are also various basic chem. glassware.
i know they are a bit wary of oxidants, but meh.
Li
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Gearhead_Shem_Tov
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You should be right, mate. Just be sure you don't have strong oxidisers or acids together with metals or fuels in any shipment. The AusPost website
will fill in details.
-Bobby
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Put the chems in their bottles, tape the lids shut, pad and place the containers in secondary containment if reactive with one another or incase of
leakage, perhaps with some inert absorbent material in between. Pad again, place in a box and then place a final wrapper of parcel paper over the top
for shipping. Place 'fragile' and 'handle with care' on the box to help avoid accidents.
With this, you should be fine. I've had allsorts come this way - even things like concentrated acids, extreme flammables and even things like
dichromates
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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Lithium
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thanks you guys, (or gals) for your input, and i will be buying them today.
Li
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Lithium
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okay, had an attempt at buying it.
they sold me the glassware, but the chems could not be shipped to australia. i tried getting the Mg shavings from galliumsource, but they said it
would cost over $200 in shipping fees. i have asked them if a block of Mg would be less expensive.
Li
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what a terrible burden being a home chemist in Australia! i do feel for you guys! everytime somebody from there is trying to get anything shipped or
find any chemicals you are getting slammed with fees and regulations....what a drag !
Iam glad i aint there!
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Quote: Originally posted by neptunium  | what a terrible burden being a home chemist in Australia! i do feel for you guys! everytime somebody from there is trying to get anything shipped or
find any chemicals you are getting slammed with fees and regulations....what a drag !
Iam glad i aint there! |
I agree. The state of amateur chemistry in the Land Down Under seems pretty bleak, at least from what I have gathered from most Australian member
here. As a child it was on my list of places to visit/live, mostly because of the wildlife and landscapes. As an adult, I would never move there do to
my perceptions of there government, not that my own governing body is laudable though.
U.T.F.S.E. and learn the joys of autodidacticism!
Don't judge each day only by the harvest you reap, but also by the seeds you sow.
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neptunium
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i agree ! love to visit ! thats it
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Hexavalent
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This is why I think that Australian home chemists can be some of the best. . .they have to be more resourceful and knowledgeable about syntheses and
what is available from where and how than in other countries with less strict regulations.
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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Gearhead_Shem_Tov
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| Quote: Originally posted by Lithium | okay, had an attempt at buying it.
they sold me the glassware, but the chems could not be shipped to australia. ...
Li |
Li, did you get the U2U I sent you?
-Bobby
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Lithium
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sorry, i was at school, seem to be spending a lot of time there nowadays
the regulations over here are pretty bad, i can't even comprehend how in other countries you can simply just buy many chemicals that are needed for a
"to do list".many times i have had to find a way around a chemical that i can't get.
my pet hate is obtaining nitrates. no matter how hard i look, i can't find them! i once tried heating copper mesh in a container and passing NH3 and
O2 through it, then passing the remaining gas into water, in an attempt of the Oswald process. that did not fare too well. the worst part about it is
that there is the orica plant near me that produces thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, but i can't obtain any!
i guess i will have to keep improvising.
Li
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Gearhead_Shem_Tov
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| Quote: Originally posted by Lithium |
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the regulations over here are pretty bad, i can't even comprehend how in other countries you can simply just buy many chemicals that are needed for a
"to do list".many times i have had to find a way around a chemical that i can't get.
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I'm in Adelaide, and, just off the top of my head, I've been able to find OTC, locally or though the net in Australia:
• 90-98% Sulfuric acid
• 50% H2O2
• Methanol
• Toluene
• Acetone
• Methylated spirits
• CuCl2, FeCl3, KCl, KBr, KI
• NaOH, KOH
• KNO3, CaNO3
• KMnO4
• V2O5
• CuSO4, FeSO4, Na2SO4
• Na2SO3
• Potassium Citrate
• Potassium Ferricyanide
• Sodium Benzoate
• Sodium Thiosulfate
• Sulfur
• Magnesium ribbon
• Tannic Acid
• Thiourea
• Urea
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my pet hate is obtaining nitrates. no matter how hard i look, i can't find them!
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Li |
You really need to find an ag-chem outlet, a place that carries 25kg bags of Nitrate fertiliser. Call around. Don't tell them what you want it for,
just ask if they carry the 25kg bags of potassium nitrate. If you don't have a mature, confident-sounding voice, then find a mate or parent who is
willing to call around for you. At least write up a short little script for yourself: "Yes, I'm looking for 25 kilo bags of potassium nitrate. Do you
stock that?" Say it without umm-ing or err-ing, that's half the battle.
Failing that, hi yourself over to your nearest garden centre and start methodically looking at package info in the fertiliser section. What you are
looking for is the NPK number (Nitrogen Posphorus Potassium). Look for the bags that have high N and K numbers and that say something along the lines
of 14% N at nitrate. You won't get pure nitrate, but you should be able to dissolve the stuff and recrystallise to separate the crap from what you
want. There are several threads here about this, so give site:sciencemadeness.org a go and see what turns up.
-Bobby
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You must not ship stuff often. The more labels on things that say fragile or 'handle with care', the harder they seem to throw the package, in my
experience.
Bob
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Lithium
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when i read your list i looked like this: 
i will have to look harder, if you can find them why not i
that supplier you told me about in the u2u, they seem to have nitrates, i'll give them a ring this weekend.
i will look so hard, i will look like this:
i think there is one near me, but i can't remember what it is called
Li
[Edited on 27-3-2012 by Lithium]
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Loreenah
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on islands , it's always hard to get chemicals.
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ibro
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Does anyone know can you send co2, like the things from a paintball gun, out of US
[Edited on 29-3-2012 by ibro]
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