[Darkroom] Hello and looking for liquid bromine

[Ben Rupert]

Christian, I only left a few mL of bromine in the darkroom.  You are welcome
to take it if you want.  I'm not too concerned with leaving bromine or
mercury there myself, but if other people are then I think we should store
them somewhere else and bring them to the space only when they are being
used.

Ben

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Christian Rice <clrice at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Ben.
>
> Kelly is concerned that toxic chemicals not be stored long-term at
> Noisebridge.  I wasn't sure if it was your intention for me to take that
> bromine home, or to leave it at Noisebridge, or what.  I've not actually
> been able to get by there to see how much you left in the darkroom.
>
> I just wanted to check with you before I did something against your
> original intent...
>
> --christian
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Ben Rupert <meowdip at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone, sorry I disappeared recently.  Been a rough couple weeks.
>>  Hopefully I can get back to this soon, I haven't forgotten about it.  I
>> see that there are some chemicals on the wiki, it's a good start and we
>> should be able to order everything people have asked for.  We can add
>> more as well or go with what's there.
>>  Also Christian, I believe that you offered to do a Daguerreotype demo
>> sometime this fall.  I would be quite interested.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On 07/06/2011 01:27 PM, Kelly wrote:
>> > Your wishlist goes here:
>> > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Darkroom/Chemical_Purchasing
>> >
>> > Everyone who wants to order chems should add some so that Ben can
>> > assemble a reasonable first shopping list. We need to also have
>> > "educational" uses for them.
>> >
>> > -Kelly
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:49, Ben Rupert <meowdip at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I did make it to Noisebridge and the bromine is on the shelf with other
>> >> chemicals above the developing table/sink.  I'm on my phone now so
>> don't
>> >> want to type a lot but will respond to the other questions and comments
>> >> tonight.
>> >>
>> >> Ben
>> >>
>> >> On Jul 6, 2011 11:45 AM, "Christian Rice" <clrice at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Ben, a few questions for you:
>> >>>
>> >>> - Is there anything you need from me to facilitate the opening of an
>> >>> account, any initial order requirement? If so, I will supply $$ for
>> some
>> >>> sturdy containment vessels and more bromine.
>> >>>
>> >>> - did you happen to make it by Noisebridge on Tuesday?
>> >>>
>> >>> - chemical ordering: when I look at liquid bromine, the published qty
>> >>> measurement tends to vacillate between mg and ml. There tends to be
>> 99.5%
>> >>> ACS (mg), 99.8% (mg) and 99.998% (metals basis, ml). The pricing and
>> >>> packaging of the lower two (looking at Alfa's website) vary oddly, and
>> it
>> >>> seems the middle ground is the best price point (item #00905, 250mg or
>> >>> 1kg),
>> >>> by far. Can you shed any light on what's going on?
>> >>>
>> >>> - what kind of cap would you recommend on a glass bottle of this
>> >>> stuff--PTFE, teflon-lined, or something else?
>> >>>
>> >>> Sorry to pester, my particular needs may not fall entirely in line
>> with
>> >>> the
>> >>> normal darkroom activities. But then again, it would be my pleasure to
>> do
>> >>> a
>> >>> Daguerreotype demonstration at Noisebridge in the fall, if there was
>> >>> interest. It might go well coupled with other chemistry demos, as so
>> much
>> >>> of the process deals with basic elements (copper, silver, gold,
>> iodine,
>> >>> bromine, mercury). In fact, it would be really awesome to have a
>> chemist's
>> >>> commentary to augment my largely practical understanding of the
>> process.
>> >>> Could make a neat educational video...
>> >>>
>> >>> By the way, I do have a fairly large amount of Hg--maybe more than
>> I'll
>> >>> use
>> >>> in my lifetime. The longer I've had my feelers out for such chemicals,
>> the
>> >>> more people come out of the woodwork with their old carburetor sync
>> kits
>> >>> they want to get rid of. One guy gave me a couple pounds in a single
>> >>> jar...
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Ben Rupert <meowdip at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hit reply rather than reply all, see below:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 07/01/2011 05:09 PM, Ben Rupert wrote:
>> >>>>> I'll be over to noisebridge during the day on Tuesday. I'll bring
>> the
>> >>>>> bromine then and leave it in the darkroom and well labelled. I'm not
>> >>>>> sure if we would have to have some sort of paperwork that we don't
>> have
>> >>>>> to buy the mercury when we do want more, but I think everything else
>> >>>>> would be fine.
>> >>>>> As for web pages to look through for chemicals, try these:
>> >>>>> http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-states.html
>> >>>>> http://www.fishersci.com/ecomm/servlet/home?storeId=10652
>> >>>>> http://www.alfa-chemcat.com/en/gh100w.pgm
>> >>>>> http://www.acros.com/
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm not going to try to set up accounts at all of these places, but
>> >>>>> let's get together some lists of things we want and then figure out
>> one
>> >>>>> or two to order from.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ben
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> PS. we will probably need some paperwork proving we are an
>> educational
>> >>>>> non-profit. This exists, correct?
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