Eosin Y
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Most important basic laboratory chemicals
What would you say are the most important chemicals for starting a home lab? So far, I have experimented in my school Chemistry department under
excellent supervision, but I need to get started with a lab at home, as I spend quite a lot of time at home (it is a British boarding school, and
summer holidays are 10 weeks long.) Money is quite obviously tight for me: my parents' funding does not extend to that of my science hobby. I would
say that I am decent: I know everything at a basic level, but I am by no means exceptional. My lab would have leanings towards organic chemistry,
which I would like to learn more about, but energetic materials may also feature in some capacity.
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Phenolphthalein, sulfuric acid, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, sodium bisulfate, hydrochloric acid, acetone....
It really depends on what you want to do. See this: https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=65...
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Well... It may sound silly, but if you are going to stock your lab with any kind of acid (you mentioned EM) then the first chemical I'd get would be
baking soda.
Not just to neutralize your end product / waste acid, but also in case of a Spill.
The other chemical you might want to get is distilled water. Get two big jugs and if the clerk at your local store is cute you might even have a
chance at a date if she believes you iron your clothes yourself.
Now, I know most people only have two arms but also get a jug of bleach.
This is for the chemicals that are quite versatile, cheap and easy to find.
For more specialized chemicals you have a fantastic supplier located in Manchester that sells on eBay and has his own website. I'll let you discover
this one 
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http://makezine.com/setting-up-a-home-science-lab3/
Also woelen's thoughts on equipment and chemicals
http://woelen.homescience.net/science/chem/misc/homelab.html
http://woelen.homescience.net/science/chem/exps/equipment.ht...
http://woelen.homescience.net/science/chem/misc/chemicals.ht...
The links might not work right away but if you start at woelen's home page you can navigate to what you need.
JJay. I checked out your YT channel. Looking forward to seeing some content. You do have a good basic set of channels you subscribe to though.
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Eosin Y
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Onyxmet also has a lot of what I am looking for (particularly exotic metal powders.)
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Onyxmet is a great source for chemicals. Ask them for special items and they can get them pretty cheaply for you, too.
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Do you know whether I am old enough for an EPP license? I am 14 and have been doing chemistry for a few years.
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Thanks. I have started shooting videos but it's not quite as easy as it looks
I'll probably have some up next week.
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Looking forward to them 
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