[alt-photo] Re: ammonium iron(III) citrate Aldrich

[Loris Medici]

Hi Trevor, I contacted the distributor and they say it's in stock (of
the manufacturer) and it's still produced. I think the reseller was
doing something wrong with the on-line catalog. (Maybe choosing the
incorrect region - I don't know...)

I understand you perfectly - that's my problem too. (The
middle-men...) I can import myself too, but you often have troubles
with chemicals in the Turkish customs, and when you have a problem
with them, it's generally of the non-solvable kind! :)

Regards,
Loris.


2010/5/11 Trevor Cunningham <trevor at chalkjockeys.com>:
> You know, whenever a merchant tells me something is "no longer made", I tend
> to get the impression that they're embarrassed by not being able to satisfy
> their customer and fear they'll lose your business if you can find it
> elsewhere. This is particularly ballsy with the internet now...or else,
> their supplier fed them the same line. I think this was my problem in
> Jakarta with not getting chemistry, simply because I had to go through a
> middle-man. Now, I have to make sure I have a good stock on hand here
> because my supplier only receives a shipment once a year, and they supply
> all of Riyadh...or, so they say :)
>
> Loris Medici wrote:
>>
>> Ok, they returned back from the chemistry store and they're very sure it's
>> not produced anymore and that there isn't any stock. ???
>>
>> Will try to compound it myself first...
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail at loris.medici.name] Sent: Sunday, May 09,
>> 2010 3:45 PM
>> To: The alternative photographic processes mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [alt-photo] Re: ammonium iron(III) citrate Aldrich
>>
>> Thanks Alberto. I asked the chemistry store (to have them import it for
>> me)
>> and they've said it's not produced anymore. Actually two different chemist
>> said the same thing. ???
>>
>> Anyway, I've just sent them the product page for both oxalate and citrate
>> salts, re-asking may work.
>>
>> Will go for Labotech2000 in case of they fail. In any case, I'm reluctant
>> to
>> import chemistry myself; occasionally, they give you hard times in
>> customs...
>>
>> Regards,
>> Loris.
>>
>> P.S. I'm still interested on directions / recipes on how to compound AFC
>> (and AFO) at home...
>>
>>
>> 2010/5/9 Alberto Novo <alt.list at albertonovo.it>:
>>
>>>
>>> Loris,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> P.S. I can no longer get ammonium iron(III) citrate locally, chemical
>>>> suppliers say it is not produced anymore - by their sources. (That is
>>>> Sigma-Aldrich and/or Fluka I presume. Merck wasn't listing it
>>>> already...)
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is still in the Sigma-Aldrich catalogue online (cat. 09713, Fluka, CAS
>>> 1185-57-5, 49.7 EUR/kg). Otherwise, try with the Italian supplier I gave you
>>> a week ago (Labotech2000).
>>>
>>
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