chloric1
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Bromide salt prices
I was in a Menard’s buying a garden sprayer and some storage jars. Walked toward pool chemicals after leaving garden center and decided to browse
for shits and giggles before I check out. Lo and behold I saw the “Bromine Base” 3 pound jar and it was….$50!!! Fifty fucking dollars for
technical 99% sodium bromide! Now I new this stuff was NEVER cheap like sodium carbonate or hydroxide but still the $50 price tag shocked me. I went
online and saw similar prices and ACS grade is of course about 2 or 3 time that rate! Who wants to compare notes about how inflation affects your
hobby?
Fellow molecular manipulator
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SyntheticFunk
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Yes it is unfortunately similarly expensive where I live as well in Canada. It's also recently been "pseudo"-banned (I may be incorrect on its exact
status), essentially deemed by the government as too dangerous for use in most consumer products. One can still find it, but it is much less common
now unfortunately.
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Parakeet
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What price would you buy a bromide salt for?
I’m thinking of buying 500g of potassium bromide for about $16. No pool supply stores around here, and online stores sell KBr for photography and
this seems to be the only source. However this is expensive, and some stores sell 500g of KBr for $35.
So 3 pounds of NaBr for $50 is not so bad ...at least from my perspective...
How much does everyone usually pay for bromide salts?
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woelen
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S3 chemicals: 1 kg of 99.5% KBr is 20 euros.
NaBr has more bromine in it per kg of solid. Laboratoriumdiscounter.nl has 1 kg NaBr for almost 50 euros, but 2.5 kg is 85 euros, so price drops
strongly with increased amount. KBr is more expensive at that place.They also sell HBr for a fair price, but if you go for maximum amount of bromine
per euro, then S3 definitely has the best offer.
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Fery
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KBr 1 kg 150 CZK = 6 EUR (auction portal)
https://aukro.cz/bromid-draselny-1-kg-7037786009
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Keras
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I never ordered anything from S3. How is their service? They seem to be overly sensitive on identity proofs, which is fair.
Tot ziens!
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Fery
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I ordered from S3 more than 5 times and I highly recommend them. The delivery was always in 4 weeks (neighboring country), perfectly packed, large
orders divided into 2 parcels rather than sent in one. Excellent communication by email. I had to sign some documents about 3 times for compounds like
persulfate, propiophenone etc., which was completed in usually less than 1 working day. When ordered liquids in 2,5 or 5 L package (better price) they
sent in 1+1+0,5 or 5x1 L (smaller glass flasks seem to be safer and stronger than bigger ones). German precision. Yes I also remember they asked for a
copy of both sides of ID card to verify the person who orders, age and also the delivery address (second side of ID card).
They sell also some interesting glass devices which are good as a gift like Galileo Galilei thermometer, radiometer.
https://shop.es-drei.de/laborbedarf/laborzubehoer/13600/ther...
https://shop.es-drei.de/laborbedarf/laborglas/13371/radiomet...
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If bromides increase in price any more, it'll be back to the paraldehyde and chloral hydrate for me!
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Keras
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Quote: Originally posted by Fery  | | I ordered from S3 more than 5 times and I highly recommend them. The delivery was always in 4 weeks […] |
4 weeks? Yikes!
They appear to have relatively few items besides chemicals. But OK, I accept their chemical section is fairly solid 
Thanks a bunch. I mean, diékwe (however you spell it )
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Fery
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Yes 4 weeks but I usually order more than 10 substances and more than 20 kg together. If you order KBr it could be in stock and sent to you much
sooner :-)
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woelen
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I agree with Fery. S3 has good service. I have ordered a few times from them. I indeed had to send a copy of my passport, but they accepted a copy,
with big font "S3 chemicals specimen" on it, and my BSN (personal social number of the Netherlands) blanked out. They just want to verify the person
who orders the chemicals. I only had to send the copy of the passport once, in subsequent orders, they recognize you and processing of the order is
done without any hassle.
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Keras
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| Quote: Originally posted by woelen | | I agree with Fery. S3 has good service. I have ordered a few times from them. I indeed had to send a copy of my passport, but they accepted a copy,
with big font "S3 chemicals specimen" on it, and my BSN (personal social number of the Netherlands) blanked out. They just want to verify the person
who orders the chemicals. I only had to send the copy of the passport once, in subsequent orders, they recognize you and processing of the order is
done without any hassle. |
Ok. Dank U veel davoor.
I don’t really need any chemicals at the time (I’ve got plenty I should do something with), but in case… I suppose you can write to them in
English, despite all their website being in German?
Dank U veel opnieuw. Tot ziens!
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Fery
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Yes my answers by emails were always in English. Documents to sign were in German but it was easy to translate them using free internet translation
engines.
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Keras
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| Quote: Originally posted by Fery | | Yes my answers by emails were always in English. Documents to sign were in German but it was easy to translate them using free internet translation
engines. |
Thanks
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woelen
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Yes, S3 is easy to deal with. Communication is in English.
They have different shop categories of chemicals. Category 0 chemicals can be purchased and shipped without any paper work at all. Category 1
chemicals can be purchased and shipped, but require a one-time verification of the person who orders them. Category 2 chemicals can be purchased and
shipped, but they require also a declaration of use for each individual purchase, besides the one-time verification of the person who orders them.
Category 3 chemicals are not sold to private users. Category 4 chemicals are specialties and no fixed rules are applied to them. Just mail them if you
want to order a category 4 chemical, and then at that moment they decide whether they are willing to sell it to you, or not, and if so, under what
conditions.
[Edited on 24-5-23 by woelen]
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I think I'm pretty lucky. After trying to buy sodium bromide online (too expensive or too high shipping costs), I found a random herb store that also
sold some chemicals. 1kg of sodium bromide for 16 euros, just 4km from where I live. I'm now good friend of the owners, so in theory I could get it
for even less
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Keras
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That’s what's nice in Italy. People are ofter super friendly.
(Almeno, diciamo, come regole generale).
Enjoy!
PS: Thanks Woelen for all the info.
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