Re: gEDA-user: Lead Free at home?

[Dave <dgriffi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Marvin Dickens wrote:

> On Monday 22 August 2005 05:49 pm, Dave wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry.  The sulfuric acid spooked me.  Regarding the cool-amp recipe,
> > where would you suggest I get the silver nitrate?  Most of the sources I
> > find through Google and Froogle have it for roughly the same price as in
> > the form of cool-amp.
>
> Well, on ebay at the moment, someone is selling 227 grams (1/2 pound) of
> reagent grade silver nitrate. The high bid is $29.95 USD. You can find  99%
> ACS certified in the online stores on ebay for around $40.00 per 25 grams
> under the "Buy it now" deal.
>
> If you bought the 25 grams and added 50 grams of table salt plus 50 grams
> of potassium hydrogen tartrate you would have 125 grams (4.41 ounces) of
> of cloned kool amp for a total of about $42.00 USD. The price of kool amp is
> $130.00 plus shipping and handling per 4 ounce bottle. This much kool amp
> is probably a lifetime supply. OTOH, you could go the 227 gram route and will
> it what is left of it to your grand children :)

At http://www.cool-amp.com/New%20cool%20amp%20page.htm, a 4-ounce
container is listed at $50.  This is what I meant with "roughly the same
price".  That 1/2 pound of silver nitrate certainly looks nice.

BTW, how far does an ounce of cool-amp go?


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David Griffith
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