Can private individuals purchase reagent grade chemicals

[fatmanpalmer]

First off I don't want to break any laws (UK or international) or at least I don't intend to:-)

 

I was wondering if anyone knows how a private individual such as myself (I'm legaly an adult) could obtain small quantities of petroleum ether. Ebay is a dead loss as is amazon and everywhere else only sells to registered companies and in massive quanities 25gallon.

[YT2095]

lighter petrol is petroleum ether!

 

or do you mean Di-Ethyl Ether?

[fatmanpalmer]

It is in products like lighter fluid and most chemicals labelled Naptha or petroleum solvents but as I'm intending to use the petroleum ether as part of a filtration process it needs to be particularly pure stuff.

[fatmanpalmer]

Thanks anyway YT2095:-) I've found hometrainingtools.com

 

 

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/catalog/chemistry/chemicals/chemicals-m-p/p_un1271.html

[YT2095]

well the problem occurs in the definition of Petrol, it`s actualy a mixture of Many compounds 100+ in many cases as Octane adjusters etc...

Petrol (petroleum ether) can be any one of a number of hydro carbons ranging from + or - 2 carbons and the needed hydrogens attatched to them based around 8 carbons (Octane), it`s a Catagory, Not a singlular specific product.

a bit like Kerosene has a Carbon range too.

(not having my notes here with me (still in boxes)) I couldn`t tell you that range off the top of my head but it`s something Like CxHy where C ranges from 6 to about 10 and H = Hx2+2 (or something like that), that`s petrol.

kerosene comes after that with it`s range and the Deisel follows that with even more carbons and H`s.

 

this is all from rough memory, and will hopefull be corrected later by someone if I`m worng, but that`s Roughly how it goes

 

 

edit: just saw your next post, Nice one

[fatmanpalmer]

Damn just read their shipping conditions I need to be a US citizen i'm unfrotunatly a UK citizen. Do you know of any UK suppliers that provide a similar service.

[YT2095]

you may try My suuplier, Scientific and Chemical, they have a website also, something like http://www.scichem.co.uk (or maybe com) I don`t know as I shop over the phone and pick my own orders up.

(and my catalogue is still packed in a box somewhere).

[fatmanpalmer]

Thanks

[Annette Cheeves]

First off I don't want to break any laws (UK or international) or at least I don't intend to:-)

 

I was wondering if anyone knows how a private individual such as myself (I'm legaly an adult) could obtain small quantities of petroleum ether. Ebay is a dead loss as is amazon and everywhere else only sells to registered companies and in massive quanities 25gallon.

Bought petroleum ether from CChem on ebay 3000ml. All came with tamper seals intact and all three had BPs of +137 degrees Celsius and will not back up his product.

[Genecks]

YT2095 thread. Must be necromancy.