I recently purchased 2.5L of 98% sulfuric acid and 100g of sodium metal from argent scientific (adk) and i must say that they are legitimate. I had to
pick up from Sydney as the cost of the hazardous shipping was more expensive than the items themselves, but the transaction was very simple (paypal
was used), their responses were on time and i had no issues buying from this vendor or picking up from one of two locations i was provided. As an
additional bonus, i received a lovely price discount for being a sciencemadness contributor.
I cannot vouch for the supply of any items other than the sulfuric acid and sodium, but would certainly expect other items such as iodine, nitric and
hydrochloric acids, alcohols etc. to be just as legitimate and easily procurable. As for filling an EUD to obtain LiAlH4, i have no experience.
The chemicals came well packaged:
The sodium with a purity of 99.8% came in a sealed aluminium canister presumably under vacuum, unless stored under an inert substance such as argon,
and placed into styrofoam packaging peanuts. The Sulfuric acid was kept in a large ACS brown jug with complete analysis of it's impurities such as
arsenic, cobalt, ammonium, chloride etc. in ppm. max. (which were all very low, it is of great purity), and this was kept inside a cardboard canister
with a resealable lid.
I cannot recommend highly enough this vendor. They are completely legitimate and easy to deal with - this has been my first opportunity in finally
procuring sulfuric acid (and of such high purity and strength) in Australia after searching for 5 years.
Was a bit skeptical at first as i haven't seen anybody post their experience with them, and their lack of website and facebook page and whatnot, but i
hope this testimonial does help clear up any worries for potential buyers. As in this thread: (http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=63629#...), the same adk poster has had testimonials of good purchases from reliable
sciencemadness contributors such as Tdep.
Also, i'm not a random first time poster - while it's true i have barely posted, i have had my account for several years and hopefully this comes
across as a reliable testimonial.
I'm very happy with my purchase. |
