Where can I buy Hydrochloric Acid?
Where can I buy Hydrochloric Acid?
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jamoor

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14,506 posts

238 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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I need to buy 50% by volume Hydrochloric acid, where can I purchase this, I have rung around the yellow pages but no luck, I don't even need that much of it.


DrTre

12,957 posts

255 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Chemists?

ETA Apothecary?

Edited by DrTre on Tuesday 5th May 16:46

ciderminx

809 posts

227 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Fisher scientific - www.fisher.co.uk

Lab 3 - www.lab3.co.uk

Charlton scientific - www.charltonsci.co.uk

Can't think of anymore at the mo.....

Dupont666

22,543 posts

215 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Roger645

1,784 posts

270 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Swimming pool supplies company, also known as Muriatic Acid

eldudereno

997 posts

250 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Looking to dissolve a body in the bath are we? wink

King Herald

23,501 posts

239 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Isn't drive cleaner hydrochloric acid, the stuff to clean block paving?

Jon C

3,214 posts

270 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Don't screwfix sell it?

Simpo Two

91,408 posts

288 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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'50% by volume' is a quaint term these days - it's usually expressed in M for moles.

However, quite how many moles you can get in half the volume remains to be seen - electrochemistry was my A-Level Waterloo!

wulluff

650 posts

229 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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jamoor said:
I need to buy 50% by volume Hydrochloric acid, where can I purchase this, I have rung around the yellow pages but no luck, I don't even need that much of it.
ans essential ingredient of a diy bomb ? tongue out

mr.man

511 posts

239 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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King Herald said:
Isn't drive cleaner hydrochloric acid, the stuff to clean block paving?
Yes. I bought a gallon from Jewsons for a tenner.

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

221 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Drug dealer eh? wink

Jonny_

4,620 posts

230 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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Isn't it sometimes sold as drain cleaner?

ciderminx

809 posts

227 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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King Herald said:
Isn't drive cleaner hydrochloric acid, the stuff to clean block paving?
Yes, and yes about the drain cleaner, but its normally only 10%. I'm not going to suggest evaporating any off

tonyvid

9,889 posts

266 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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rhinochopig said:
Drug dealer eh? wink
Crack boiler?

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

221 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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tonyvid said:
rhinochopig said:
Drug dealer eh? wink
Crack boiler?
Cake hehe

pacey_sot

246 posts

218 months

Tuesday 5th May 2009
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wulluff said:
jamoor said:
I need to buy 50% by volume Hydrochloric acid, where can I purchase this, I have rung around the yellow pages but no luck, I don't even need that much of it.
ans essential ingredient of a diy bomb ? tongue out
tut bet you've set the triggers off now!

He'll disappear to an American-run waterboarding questioning facility soon