Re: formaldehyde escalating etc.

eml@gate.net
Thu, 3 Aug 1995 14:05:54 -0400 (EDT)

>
> Do you think (or has anyone try this) that drugstores or pharmacists
> would be more willing to sell us formaldehyde if we ask them to misx a
> 1.5% solution?
>
> David Soemarko
>

Here in the U.S., Formaldehyde is available in pharmacies in
37 % solution. I would ask your pharmacist. A 1.5 percent
solution would be a simple dilution from stock, and if you are
using it for hardening, I would think great precision is
not necessary. It may well eb nearly impossible, as formaldehyde
is a gas, and like ammonia, its solution diminishes
while the bottle is left open, so exact solution strength isn't
precise.

Any chemical supply house should be willing to sell formaldehyde
to you if the local pharmacy will not. It isn't that dangerous a
substance.

Hope this helps you.

Ed Lukacs

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