Steve, KOH flake at http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/dry.html. Scroll down. Commercial quantities http://www.ashtachemicals.com/mapfs.htm
Sulfuric acid can be acquired through professional wastewater treatment and pool supply companies. http://www.aquascience.com/ Whether they will ship gallons to non-commercial users I don't know. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "steven mesibov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] KOH in the USA > Todd, > > I just spent a half hour going through over a dozen soap making sites and > the best I could find for catalyst was soap making kits with 4 ounce > packets of lye. Could you point me in the right direction for finding the > larger quantities of KOH flake? And while you are thinking about it, how > bout sulphuric acid? I have been warned that the readily available acid > drain openers are often quite diluted with water. > > Thanks! > > Steve > > > --- Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is a good source for purchasing KOH in the States? Do you have > > to > > > go through chemical suppliers like Fisher Scientific? What level of > > > purity is required? Any recommendations? I am at the point of > > > starting some "lab testing" with NaOH and KOH. Thanks for the help. > > > > > > Derek > > > > You can find KOH flake at almost any in-depth soapmaking supply house. > > Google for "soapmaking supplies on the web. Probably cost about $3.00 US > > per > > pound. You can get KOH flake in 100# lots and more from suppliers of > > industrial chemicals for around $1.00 per pound US. > > > > Flake runs around 90-92% purity. Adjust for the molar mass difference > > between NaOH and KOH and then adjust for purity level. > > > > Todd Swearingen > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
