ferric ammonium citrate et al

Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Wed, 9 Oct 1996 22:47:03 -0400 (EDT)

John Dixon's message that Artcraft Chemicals sells glyoxal sent me
immediately to the file for their flyer & phone number. Seeing ferric
ammonium citrate listed at $28 per pound, I asked about shipping to
Australia.

Not a problem, it seems. Surface shipping costs $9 and takes 3 to 6 weeks.
Air would cost $22.70 and arrive in 7 to 10 days. (I forgot to ask how you
pay -- maybe Visa, as I did.) Except "No International Shipments of
Liquids and/or Hazardous Materials." (Glyoxal is liquid, tho Artcraft
doesn't list it as hazardous.)

In addition to the usual photo bulk chemicals such as amidol, EDTA,
hydroquinone, glycin, metol, etc. etc., Artcraft sells "Chemicals for
Wet-Plate and other Alternative processes." Like chloroform and collodion.
They also have potassium dichromate and sodium dichromate, but not
ammonium. The sodium, BTW, is only $10 per lb.

"Best Time to call is 5:30 - 7:30 pm EST." You can email Jacobson@juno.com
to request the catalog or fax 518/344-7292, attention Mike Jacobsen.

Incidentally, that's green scales. Mike Jacobsen said he'd never heard of
ferric ammonium citrate *brown* scales!

Judy