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It's my understanding that iodine is one of those things watched very closely by the TLAs enforcing prohibition. Be careful, lest you end up unable to move abou
by mikewarot 2y ago
It's my understanding that iodine is one of those things watched very closely by the TLAs enforcing prohibition. Be careful, lest you end up unable to move about freely because this gets you on a list.
- sterlind 2y agoIodine used to be commonly used to reduce pseudoephedrine to meth, but these days most meth comes from superlabs in Mexico, who use a very different process. I doubt you'll catch much heat for it these days, especially since it has a number of legit uses. And even if it gets you on a "list" you're more likely to just get raided once rather than no-fly'd.
- pfdietz 2y agoIodine is also pretty expensive ($61/kg in 2023) so this doesn't seem scalable for that reason alone.
- kirksmith 2y agoWe are planning other electrolytes beyond zinc-iodine (including iron salts), but this one happens to be practical for getting started due to widespread availability, tolerance to oxygen (avoiding requirements of purging with inert gas), and low hydrogen evolution rates (quite unlike iron-salt systems, which are practically H2 electrolyzers!).