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Subject: Re: Extraction...(source for PH paper and M.acid)
From: august@nym.lycaeum.org
Date: August 27, 1997 at 12:09:27
In Reply to: Re: Extraction...(source for PH paper and M.acid) posted by taproot@nym.lycaeum.org on August 27, 1997 at 11:36:15:


> I read in some book that muriatic acid can be obtained at a swimming pool store. 
> Its use is to lower the ph of the pool. You may have to ask for it specifically.
> The book did not mention were to obtain the ph paper. Could someone point out a source
> other than a chemical supply store?
> taproot

Muriatic acid can also be bought at hardware stores.  It's used for cleaning
concrete.  I've seen pH paper at a 'Science World' store in a local mall.
Other possibilities are mail-order winemaking supplies, academic chemistry
departments, etc.



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