A followup on the post on 12 cheap chemicals from the Hardware Store:
The drug store isn’t just a place to grab a prescription or hang out with a soda jerk (are there any soda jerks left?), you can get a lot of decent chemicals and supplies there too! Heck, there’s a reason why the old term for “pharmacist” is “chemist.”
The list after the jump:
- 3% Hydrogen Peroxide – a decent oxidizer
- 50%, 70%, 91% isopropyl alcohol – I buy 91%, for cleaning, alcohol lamps, and reactions.
- Deionized Water – this is extra clean water, and is the only kind of water you should use for reactions and final rinses of glassware.
- Acetone nail polish remover
- Alum (AKA: aluminum potassium sulfate AKA: KAl(SO4)2*12H2O)
- Smelling Salt (AKA: ammonium carbonate AKA: (NH4)2CO3)
- Vitamin C (AKA: Ascorbic Acid)
- No-Doz (AKA: Caffeine)
- Latex, Vinyl, and/or Nitrile gloves
- Tweezers
- Hair dye bottles (I use these exact ones for rinse bottles all the time, and they don’t leak – even when carried around in backpacks on the train in Chicago – they’re amazing!)
(Creative Commons licensed photo by Flickr user KB35 – click image for more info)
