Stefan Trethan wrote:
not very good for making things. Try your local chemical
company for tin metal, if not then plating suppliers or
metal merchants. I got mine from a metal merchant. They had
them in various ingots 0.5 to 2 kg. Look up metal suppliers
in your local business directory. I found trying to find
supplies is a matter of making enough phone calls and asking
the right questions. Remember these people are in this line
of business and would know a lot more than you of what's
around and who is selling what and where.
Adam.
>I've never seen pure solid tin as plates. Tin is soft so its
>
> other german supplier lists stannous sulfate at 15eur / kg. these prices
> are pretty close to where i buy, most time my shop is a bit cheaper.
>
>
> I know it is hard to get chemicals in small quantitys.
> I'm glad to have this shop. It is the biggest shop of this kind in Austria
> and it happens
> that it is in 5 minute walking distance from my University.
> It has split off of a big chemicals supplyer for the industry here, and it
> is dedicated for very small quantitys. You can get everything in whichever
> tiny quantity you want.
> You don't need to stick to packing units, they weigh how much you want in
> nice bottles or cans.
>
>
> Another source for solid tin may be these awful plates and vases and
> drinking vessels.
> Most of them are ugly and i don't think they are expensive. One may just
> melt the ugly stuff and cast anodes with it.. much easier than finding
> ingots.
>
not very good for making things. Try your local chemical
company for tin metal, if not then plating suppliers or
metal merchants. I got mine from a metal merchant. They had
them in various ingots 0.5 to 2 kg. Look up metal suppliers
in your local business directory. I found trying to find
supplies is a matter of making enough phone calls and asking
the right questions. Remember these people are in this line
of business and would know a lot more than you of what's
around and who is selling what and where.
Adam.