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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 procu
by 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 agowhere do you get cobalt, strontium, and rubidium
- refurb 4y agohttps://www.americanelements.com/strontium-metal-7440-24-6 https://www.americanelements.com/strontium-metal-7440-24-6
- kragen 4y agoyou 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'