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Quote: Originally posted by anonymoose  | | ive just ordered 100grams of Ga, so it would be nice to know if rochelle's salt would remove Ga from Al. i find it funny to notice that my anonymous
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Rochelle's salt is pretty standard when it comes to working up aluminum-based reagents, so I would expect it to go somewhat smoothly.
"Question everything generally thought to be obvious." - Dieter Rams
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Nice to know, thanks
with some more resarch regarding my Hg issue it turns out the authorities are more worried about limiting acquisition of Hg, as far as i can tell. the
council, with which i have been in contact, don't seem to give the slightest of turds about me owning Hg. im only guessing here but i think the point
of this law is to prosecute drugs and explosive manufacturers. i will keep digging and share my findings
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| Quote: Originally posted by Rosco Bodine | I know what I am talking about, and the proof of that is easily verified. But you go ahead and subject what I say to confirmation, whether it involves
the reaction I described or anything else I have posted on this board.
You are welcome.
[Edited on 7/11/2017 by Rosco Bodine] |
Hi
Sorry for the late reply- cock up with my log in and an old email address.
Just for the record the legislation referred to here was a product, not of the European union, but of the slightly deranged Conservative (i.e. Right
wing) government who have no idea what science is, but want to make sure it doesn't happen. (and you might want to look at the psychoactive drugs laws
they came up with- but not in this thread)
The legislation is clearly daft. It bans owning a fluorescent light bulb (Hg) or and LED one (As).
However there's still an interesting question about what would happen if you sent the Home Office an note saying "I seem to have been breaking the law
for a while".
Is there any reason to imagine that they would be sympathetic?
It's a difficult call, but I'd keep my head down (especially since the UK is currently talking about banning sulphuric acid)
As for " im only guessing here but i think the point of this law is to prosecute drugs and explosive manufacturers. " well, I think you need to guess
again.
Those activities were obviously already illegal. There would have been no need for further legislation.
The purpose of the laws was so that the Right wing politicians could claim that- unlike the Left- they were "tough on crime".
The laws are unworkable, but that's not the point. They never needed to be.
[Edited on 14-7-17 by unionised]
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I don't think they'd give you a permit necessarily, but I do think that they would help you dispose of illegal chemicals without charging you with a
crime. That stated, it would be a good idea to get an attorney since unlike most civilized nations, the UK considers laws to have retroactive force.
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| Quote: Originally posted by unionised | | Quote: Originally posted by Rosco Bodine | I know what I am talking about, and the proof of that is easily verified. But you go ahead and subject what I say to confirmation, whether it involves
the reaction I described or anything else I have posted on this board.
You are welcome.
[Edited on 7/11/2017 by Rosco Bodine] |
Hi
Sorry for the late reply- cock up with my log in and an old email address.
Just for the record the legislation referred to here was a product, not of the European union, but of the slightly deranged Conservative (i.e. Right
wing) government who have no idea what science is, but want to make sure it doesn't happen. (and you might want to look at the psychoactive drugs laws
they came up with- but not in this thread) |
That is very strange. Usually it is liberal left "progressive" (socialist / communist) utopianists (actual dystopianists) ....group think "hive mind
types" who are the ones clamoring for more laws and more regulations and fewer individual liberties, while imposing a social engineering agenda that
encompasses all human endeavor, put under the despotic and tyrannical absolute control of a nanny state / police state that micromanages the lives of
all "ordinary" citizens, usually at the same time fully exempting a "nobler" elite class from such burdensome "laws". That is largely already true all
over the world right now as the present reality. What is the extent of liberty a person enjoys depends upon their wealth and means.
For many decades that has been the generality I have witnessed.
As Ringo Starr clearly observed, "Life is like a shit sandwich, the more bread you got, the less shit you have to eat".
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The legislation is clearly daft. It bans owning a fluorescent light bulb (Hg) or and LED one (As).
However there's still an interesting question about what would happen if you sent the Home Office an note saying "I seem to have been breaking the law
for a while".
Is there any reason to imagine that they would be sympathetic?
It's a difficult call, but I'd keep my head down (especially since the UK is currently talking about banning sulphuric acid)
As for " im only guessing here but i think the point of this law is to prosecute drugs and explosive manufacturers. " well, I think you need to guess
again.
Those activities were obviously already illegal. There would have been no need for further legislation.
The purpose of the laws was so that the Right wing politicians could claim that- unlike the Left- they were "tough on crime".
The laws are unworkable, but that's not the point. They never needed to be.
[Edited on 14-7-17 by unionised] |
Trusting corrupt authority is a mistake. Generally the less others know about what you wisely may better choose to keep your own personal business,
the better off you are.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Rosco Bodine |
That is very strange. Usually it is liberal left "progressive" (socialist / communist) utopianists (actual dystopianists) ....group think "hive mind
types" who are the ones clamoring for more laws and more regulations and fewer individual liberties,
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Forgive me for drifting from the topic, but...
No.
The liberal Left have noticed that freedoms and laws are two sides of the same coin.
My freedom to do [x] is a restriction of your freedom not to put up with the side effects of[x].
A law that restricts your freedom to kill is a law that grants me the freedom not to be killed.
But thanks for acknowledging that you can't trust a Right wing government to actually do what they said they would.
[Edited on 15-7-17 by unionised]
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Sure, no problem, I would be the first to acknowledge that excesses and dishonesty is found with zealots for both the far right and the far left and I
don't like that hubris from either extreme.
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Does somebody know why oxalic acid is regulated?
Is it a common chemical in GB and people own a bigger amount or where there incidents, because oxalic acid is not so toxic in my opinion.
Bj68
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UK EPP legal limit for oxalic acid is 10% w/w, yet pure oxalic acid is still available via eBay uk.
I too wondered why it is illegal,
it would make an un-detectable slow poison - eventually causing kidney stones and renal failure that would seem natural,
I suspect/guess that oxalic acid has use as a selective reducing agent in some 'clandestine' syntheses as I've seen mention of it on the rhodium
website.
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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Dont try and do the right thing with banned substances, they will prosecute for ownership. Because of this 'find' some by say the road side and report
a bottle of some unknown substance that looks funny.
Offer to wait by said bottle so police/whoever can find it. they send police first and close road, then fir brigade comes then a few hours later fire
brigade sends incident unit.
Anyway a few hours after you report it its taken away and road is reopened, you are given a visit by police for a statement, where you say i was
walking dg or whatever and saw the bottle/container as you had no idea what it was you felt it better to report it. You have no idea where it came
from etc etc.
Or you can walk into a police station or waste disposal place, but they will ask questions and yes trust me they will prosecute you. Same now with
airguns in Scotland, no amnesty exists. A couple who recently moved into the village found a old one in the shed when they moved in, they took it to
the police station.
They have been reported to the procreator fiscal (like the English version of CPS), who will decide if they goto court, 99 times out of 100 it always
goes to court. They havnt heard anything yet, but they will. No idea what the court will say or do, but now if this happened to me i would said airgun
in a hedge and report it as above!!
England I admit isnt as tough as Scotland, but I know Bloggers had trouble in England and he never came back here to explain what happened, so i guess
it wasnt good news.
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blogfast25 is his own story. I am confident that no one knows what really happened; suffice to say that it seems no one involved had any real
understanding of chemistry and no desire to keep things proportionate.
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Unionised; no it is legal to own things that contain As compounds, read my link on first post, specifically says that substances such as copper
arsenite are legal. most leds and other electronics contain arsenic semiconductors which are clearly within the law to own. i also posted that the
authorities are happy to take away "small" (but undefined) quantities of Hg, so that includes light bulbs.
NEMO-chemistry; i do appreciate what you are saying but my recent research (that i will share later) leads me to reach a different conclusion, but it
is a work in progress. i have contacted one recycling centre outside of my area to discuss recycling Hg in larger quantities and they are quite happy
with it.
Thanks everybody for all of the input. i will share my conclusions when i am more satisfied that they are correct
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| Quote: Originally posted by anonymoose | Unionised; no it is legal to own things that contain As compounds, read my link on first post, specifically says that substances such as copper
arsenite are legal.
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I read it.
It says"Arsenic and its compounds (other than calcium arsenites, copper acetoarsenite, copper arsenates, copper arsenites, lead arsenates)"
So, for example, copper arsenite is permitted.
Only the handful of compounds listed are exceptions to the rule that arsenic, and its compounds are banned.
Galium arsenide isn't on the list.
LEDs are banned (unless there's some other derogation somewhere).
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unionised, with the greatest of respect your are being facetious. the owning of LEDs is clearly legal and you are deliberately over simplifying an
over complicated legal system. by the same logic you use we wouldn't be able to own a smoke detector because it contains Am which can undergo
spontaneous fission and could be turned into a bomb.
(edited some grammar)
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secondly, this just occurred to me im embarrassed to say (CBA to look up the thread to see who suggested this) if i reported a bottle of mercury that
i "found" by the side of the road and reported as a passer by, the police would totally look me up and find my lab and get suspicious as hell, that is
a retarded idea. whoever suggested that needs to have a good hard think about how police operate.
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| Quote: Originally posted by anonymoose | | secondly, this just occurred to me im embarrassed to say (CBA to look up the thread to see who suggested this) if i reported a bottle of mercury that
i "found" by the side of the road and reported as a passer by, the police would totally look me up and find my lab and get suspicious as hell, that is
a retarded idea. whoever suggested that needs to have a good hard think about how police operate. |
Don't worry... I'll come and get it some time in the next 2 months if you are that worried.. As I said - I will be down that way pretty soon for
other reasons anyway and can pop in to arrest you, er, sorry, I mean to take it off your hands. ;-)
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| Quote: Originally posted by anonymoose | unionised, with the greatest of respect your are being facetious. the owning of LEDs is clearly legal and you are deliberately over simplifying an
over complicated legal system. by the same logic you use we wouldn't be able to own a smoke detector because it contains Am which can undergo
spontaneous fission and could be turned into a bomb.
(edited some grammar)
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The regs dont mention Am
It's not that I'm being facetious; it's that the legislation is extremely poorly framed. It seems to have been written in a hurry for political
purposes.
The bits about poisons were rammed into this bizarre piece of legislation
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/20/contents/enacted...
If I'm wrong, show me where in the legislation the LED bulbs are exempted.
This bit might cover it, but I'd need to check with a lawyer.
For the purposes of this section, a substance or mixture is “excluded” if— (a) it is medicinal, or (b) it is contained in a specific object.
... (11) A “specific object” is— (a) an object that, during production, is given a special shape, surface or design that determines its function
to a greater degree than does its chemical composition, ...
In particular, a broken LED lamp that no longer works would no longer be exempt.
It's a bit like the psychoactive substances act which bans sex and jogging because the Tories don't understand science.
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this thread is becoming derailed and it pisses me off.
consumer items that are legal to buy are legal to own when they go wrong.
the law is over complicated but having even the smallest of understanding of the law makes these things obvious.
to "own" any item that can be legally sold in the uk is a LEGAL ownership of said thing. this includes old barometers and a myriad of other things,
antique or otherwise.
the question here is about the legality of the ownership of larger quantities of mercury on the order of kilograms.
for the record LEDs contain mostly legal semiconductors of arsenic.
light bulbs contain almost homeopathic quantities of Hg.
the authorities have told me that that are happy to deal with "small quantities" of Hg. thus the legality of these things and their disposal is not
questionable.
you are either being facetious or daft. i hope the former.
UK law is retarded but it does follow a self continuous logic. your comments contain only a reaction against chemophobia, which i understand, but is
wrong.
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in my student days i had lawyer friends, trust me, your argument is just silly
(edit;ps i mentioned Am as an attempt to point out the redundancy of your comment. it would take 8x10^8 (number found in my ass) smoke detectors to
build a bomb, and a similar number of light bulbs to find a visible quantity of Hg. the chemical composition of LEDs are such that it would take a
genius with twenty trillion LEDs to make a visible quantity of As (given losses). and that would result in a pile of plastic that would dwarf the
great Pacific gyre.
these things are legal for those reasons)
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Just a quick thanks to the OP for posting that link.
I've only recently started back into the amateur chemistry world and have been wondering about my legal status should the authorities become aware of
my activities.
As it goes I'm already in breach of several rules/regulations regarding possession of explosive precursors.
And although they were all prepared at home (not purchased) I'm wondering what to do...
I don't mind paying the 40 notes for a licence if it means I'm no longer breaking the law.
And I think I have a reasonable chance of acquiring said licence. But..... If I apply and get turned down.. Have I just notified the authorities of
something they might never have known about in the first instance...?
I'm no terrorist or even a terrorist sympathiser. I have no wish to blow up people or buildings. I'm just a regular guy with an interest in things
that go BANG!!!
Gonna have to give this some thought... If there are any other UK members who have an insight into the licence procurement/possession process I'd
greatly appreciate your input folks..?
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| Quote: | | But..... If I apply and get turned down.. Have I just notified the authorities of something they might never have known about in the first
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They will refuse but you'll be on their radar forever.
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| Quote: Originally posted by anonymoose | Unionised; no it is legal to own things that contain As compounds, read my link on first post, specifically says that substances such as copper
arsenite are legal. most leds and other electronics contain arsenic semiconductors which are clearly within the law to own. i also posted that the
authorities are happy to take away "small" (but undefined) quantities of Hg, so that includes light bulbs.
NEMO-chemistry; i do appreciate what you are saying but my recent research (that i will share later) leads me to reach a different conclusion, but it
is a work in progress. i have contacted one recycling centre outside of my area to discuss recycling Hg in larger quantities and they are quite happy
with it.
Thanks everybody for all of the input. i will share my conclusions when i am more satisfied that they are correct |
Then your living in Devon for sure, they have recycle centers that are run by non council staff.
They will take anything that makes money lol. But generally anything else illegal chemical wise and isnt metallic...... Dont try it.
I am willing to bet post code wont be far off EX2
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Well as i said, i have done research outside of my area so feel free to conjecture but hypotheses are often false.
PS I have had a lot of (crappy) real life stuff going on so sorry for the massive delay in posting. hope everyone is ok
(edit; adding detail to make this post less pointless)
i have found a new link that further clarifies/muddies the law...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplying-explosi...
in this link it describes how some chemicals that would be "regulated" substances in the previous link are now lesser "reportable" substances, which i
read as being "dodgy but not illegal as such" including acetone etc which is readily available and clearly not banned, but could be used to make
explosives.
interestingly the latter group includes mercuric chloride/iodide for some reason.
thats all the research ive done since last post because life has thrown me a few turds to dodge.
[Edited on 16-12-2017 by anonymoose]
(edited typo, CBA with grammar tonight, im tired)
[Edited on 16-12-2017 by anonymoose]
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| Quote: Originally posted by anonymoose | Well as i said, i have done research outside of my area so feel free to conjecture but hypotheses are often false.
PS I have had a lot of (crappy) real life stuff going on so sorry for the massive delay in posting. hope everyone is ok
(edit; adding detail to make this post less pointless)
i have found a new link that further clarifies/muddies the law...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supplying-explosi...
in this link it describes how some chemicals that would be "regulated" substances in the previous link are now lesser "reportable" substances, which i
read as being "dodgy but not illegal as such" including acetone etc which is readily available and clearly not banned, but could be used to make
explosives.
interestingly the latter group includes mercuric chloride/iodide for some reason.
thats all the research ive done since last post because life has thrown me a few turds to dodge.
[Edited on 16-12-2017 by anonymoose]
(edited typo, CBA with grammar tonight, im tired)
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I am in Scotland, its very different up here to England, especially the south west! If you read the other thread i have contacted the police, they
still havnt got back to me.
Long story short i have opened a registered company (not going to trade much, maybe soap) But it will help with me doing 'research'.
The difference in legal systems between England and Scotland is huge, I wrote about the side of the road thing, up here that would be the best way....
Well would of been, things change once you become legit by the look of it, take a read of the other thread, it affects England more than Scotland. ALL
legit Chem suppliers are now submitting sales reports to the police, the list of chemicals include MANY items not on any controlled list yet.
I am told this is the new proactive approach to terrorism, its one reason I have now come out the woodwork, that and the simple fact I want to learn,
i want to do it properly and that means being legal.
I did look up Bloggers case, i wont pass comment except to say its a good example that the police are not taking it lightly.
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