[pure-silver] Re: Food Grade Chemicals

  • From: Eric Nelson <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:52:14 -0700 (PDT)

I've bought from them in the past when I lived in the US but in Thailand the 
shipping + customs makes shipping chemicals expensive and it's arrival 
uncertain.
e


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 From: Gerald Koch <gerald.koch@xxxxxxx>
To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 1:47 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Food Grade Chemicals
 


For many things such as sodium sulfite, hypo, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, 
propylene glycol, , etc I have bought from http://www.chemistrystore.com/.  
They do not sell developing agents however.  They also sell bottles.
 
Jerry

From: Eric Nelson <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 2:16 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Food Grade Chemicals
 


Thank you all for the responses.  
I've not found a supplier here that can get me everything I need but it seems 
I'm making some progress which is encouraging.
e

From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 12:21 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Food Grade Chemicals
 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Myron Gochnauer" <goch@xxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:20 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Food Grade Chemicals


I have used 20 Mule Team Borax and household ammonia from 
the supermarket.  Both worked as expected.

I would be very surprised if the
 difference between food 
grade and reagent or laboratory grade made any
 difference to 
ordinary photographic processes.



... they only supply "food grade" chemicals.

     My understanding is that photo grade chemicals have low 
levels of photographically active impurities but other 
impurities can be there.  Reagent grade comes with an assay 
showing exactly what is in it, that's why its expensive. It 
may be no purer than other forms.
     Sodium carbonate:  There are three common forms, 
anhydrous AKA desiccated, monohydrated, and crystalline. 
Kodak usually specified the anhydrous form, AGFA the 
monohydrated form and crystalline is found mostly in old 
British publications. Monohydrated is the most stable 
because anhydrous will absorb moisture from the air if not 
kept in a sealed container.
     Kodak and AGFA specified granulated borax, presumably 
granulated crystals but not specifically stated.  The 
definition in the old Photo-Lab-Index seems to show it to be 
the decahydrate.


--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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