Re: Potassium Citrate

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From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 12/09/02-02:40:56 AM Z


Potassium citrate is in the Artcraft catalog for $9 a pound. A lifetime
supply.

Artcraft carries most of the stuff we need... www.artcraftchemicals.com,
and they're in the great state of NY, which needs yr money.

J.

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Michael Healy wrote:

> Mr. Science here wants to try salt prints. But Mr. Science knows only a
> little more about chemicals than the cat. Wings and prayers are what we've
> got going for us. So the formula calls for potassium citrate. Mr. Science
> here wouldn't know potassium citrate if it knocked on his door and bit him
> in the ass. The only place we're even finding the stuff is at Photographer's
> Formulary, which frankly is 25-40% more expensive item by item than, e.g.,
> B&S. But B&S doesn't seel pot. citrate. In fact, nobody seems to, apart from
> the vitamin supplement people.
>
> So what the hell IS potassium citrate? Is this the same thing as the vitamin
> supplement? Are we just strolling across town to score bottles of it from
> the local health food church, and then grinding it down in the kitchen?
>
> Jan Arnow actually advances the claim that sodium citrate can be substituted
> (93 parts of s.c. instead, due to their different weights). But I'm not sure
> I trust Arnow. This wouldn't be the first time her claims have made me
> suspicious, in the light of more contemporary writers on the alternative
> processes. On this particular point, I'd rather act on the advice of
> somebody who's perhaps more knowledgable in chemistry.
>
> Can anybody hold my hand on this, and point me to safe harbor?
>
> Mike Healy
>
>
>


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