Balling method. Chemical reagents.

Joyce

Good day, everyone. Surely, we have enthusiasts of balling and chemistry among us. I encountered a problem with purchasing and suggest we share points of sale for verified reagents. I contacted Ukrmedspilka, and the prices are astronomical. For example: Calcium chloride 2-hydrate 99.0-100.5%, Extrapure, Panreac 500 g - 305, for comparison Fauna in Calcium chloride 4 kg - 330. I agree, the purification of Extrapure is expensive. Sodium bicarbonate Panreac 1 kg - 143.52, Baking soda 0.5 kg - 3, Fauna in Sodium bicarbonate 4 kg - 330. Magnesium chloride 6-hydrate 98-101.0%, Pharm grade, Panreac 1 kg - 485, Fauna in Magnesium chloride 4 kg - 330. Magnesium sulfate 7-hydrate 99-100.5%, Pharm grade, Panreac 500 g - 250, Fauna in Magnesium sulfate 4 kg - 330. Pharm grade - I understand this is analogous to our ChDA? And it raises the question of whether it really costs that much or if I fell into the hands of resellers? What level of purification does Fauna Marin use? (This is more of a rhetorical question.) Thank you for your answers.

Ashley5975

It is worth noting. 2 kg of fauna marine calcium chloride dissolve in 5 liters of osmosis. 500 g of dihydrate calcium chloride dissolve in 3.79 liters (according to Randy).

Daniel8015

everyone buys somewhere and stays silent well, that's fine...

Darlene4238

Yes, they take the ready-made, tropic marin. Still, "salt-without-salt" is needed. And the reagents for CHDA are indeed expensive everywhere. Although, in my opinion, HCH is quite enough (or maybe even CH). Off-topic. Try to find out here.

Paul

ChDA is expensive, but HCh is more than enough. Prices are up to 40 per kg for any salt; I even found magnesium chloride for 15 per kg, while in our city it sells for 40. Look for his thread about reagents; it's quite recent, and it has the seller's contact information.

Craig7302

Guys, HC is a step above CDA. C -> CDA -> HC -> OS.C. Especially pure is just out of this world. HC, as you can see, is calcium chloride for $75 per kg. Salt without salt is needed according to Balling and Tropic Marin, while according to Randy and Fauna Marin, it is not needed.

Patrick4439

the closest thing here is anhydrous calcium chloride food grade ... I couldn't find a suitable magnesium at all. That's about it ... :-/

Catherine6534

What they are rich in

Bridget

I bought from suppliers on this site. Naturally, it was more expensive than wholesale, but I didn't need much.

Debra6575

I wrote in private here, did not receive a response. There is MgSO4 *7 H2O pharmaceutical grade for 100 per kg, that's good. There is CaCl+2H2O pharmaceutical grade for 180 per kg. MgSO4x7H2O (magnesium sulfate, heptahydrate), pharmaceutical grade - 50 per kg. MgCl2x6H2O (magnesium chloride, hexahydrate), technical grade - 68 per kg. Is the quality of the technical grade acceptable?

Collin

Offtopic. Responded in DMs.