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Don't governments allow it when it's done under supervision?

by gnull 4y ago

SoftTalker 4y ago
I recall many of the described experiments from high school chemistry labs. That was in the 1980s though. My kids did the "silver mirror" at least in recent years.
hutzlibu 4y ago
Yes, in the very restricted setting of schools, where the concept of "fun" is usually not included, but rather avoided at all cost.
Auracle 4y ago
Maybe, but while my high school chemistry teacher okayed me making a small batch of nitroglycerin, the principal very much did not.
refurb 4y ago
At least in the US there are no regulations specifically stopping you from amateur chemistry. The challenges tend to be: - it’s hard (not impossible) to procure some chemicals because most suppliers will only sell to businesses - there are regulations around safety hazards like storage of flammable liquid in residential area (these are good regulations, I’d rather my neighbor isn’t storing 20 gals of ether for example) - there are regulations around manufacturing explosives (even in tiny quantities) But that said, there is nothing stopping someone from jumping through the needed hoops. Incorporate a business (not very expensive), get a license from the ATF (mostly time to do paperwork and stuff - like buying a machine gun), follow fire regulations. The other option is to just procure chemicals through other products. Naphtha is basically a mixture of hexanes. You can buy a lot of nitrate salts used for food or gardening. It’s not hard to procure metals.
- kragen 4y ago
  where do you get cobalt, strontium, and rubidium
  - refurb 4y ago
    https://www.americanelements.com/strontium-metal-7440-24-6 https://www.americanelements.com/strontium-metal-7440-24-6
    - kragen 4y ago
      you said 'The other option is to just procure chemicals through other products. Naphtha is basically a mixture of hexanes. You can buy a lot of nitrate salts used for food or gardening. It’s not hard to procure metals.' but this americanelements link doesn't seem to be a case of 'procure chemicals through other products' but rather 'buy from a place that lists things by cas number and probably only sells to corporations'
      - Symbiote 4y ago
        Try eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/125395009075 https://www.ebay.com/itm/125395009075 etc
        kragen 4y ago
        that also doesn't look like 'procure chemicals through other products', that's a listing for 10 grams of, supposedly, pure strontium

Don't governments allow it when it's done under supervision?

by gnull 4y ago

Don't governments allow it when it's done under supervision?

I recall many of the described experiments from high school chemistry labs. That was in the 1980s though. My kids did the "silver mirror" at least in recent years.

hutzlibu 4y ago

Yes, in the very restricted setting of schools, where the concept of "fun" is usually not included, but rather avoided at all cost.

Auracle 4y ago

Maybe, but while my high school chemistry teacher okayed me making a small batch of nitroglycerin, the principal very much did not.

refurb 4y ago

At least in the US there are no regulations specifically stopping you from amateur chemistry. The challenges tend to be: - it’s hard (not impossible) to procure some chemicals because most suppliers will only sell to businesses - there are regulations around safety hazards like storage of flammable liquid in residential area (these are good regulations, I’d rather my neighbor isn’t storing 20 gals of ether for example) - there are regulations around manufacturing explosives (even in tiny quantities) But that said, there is nothing stopping someone from jumping through the needed hoops. Incorporate a business (not very expensive), get a license from the ATF (mostly time to do paperwork and stuff - like buying a machine gun), follow fire regulations. The other option is to just procure chemicals through other products. Naphtha is basically a mixture of hexanes. You can buy a lot of nitrate salts used for food or gardening. It’s not hard to procure metals.

kragen 4y ago
where do you get cobalt, strontium, and rubidium
- refurb 4y ago
  https://www.americanelements.com/strontium-metal-7440-24-6 https://www.americanelements.com/strontium-metal-7440-24-6
  - kragen 4y ago
    you said 'The other option is to just procure chemicals through other products. Naphtha is basically a mixture of hexanes. You can buy a lot of nitrate salts used for food or gardening. It’s not hard to procure metals.' but this americanelements link doesn't seem to be a case of 'procure chemicals through other products' but rather 'buy from a place that lists things by cas number and probably only sells to corporations'
    - Symbiote 4y ago
      Try eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/125395009075 https://www.ebay.com/itm/125395009075 etc
      - kragen 4y ago
        that also doesn't look like 'procure chemicals through other products', that's a listing for 10 grams of, supposedly, pure strontium