Taslem - 20-1-2012 at 12:50
I actually got one delivered to me today, as I was told before '...You need a letter from HM The Queen to get one of their catalogs!' So, I wanted to
tell people that IS possible to receive a catalog from this company.
smaerd - 20-1-2012 at 13:38
What's the point of a catalog if you can't order anything?
Taslem - 20-1-2012 at 14:03
Eh.....I don't do logical thinking, only chemistry-related conversation @_@
BromicAcid - 20-1-2012 at 15:23
They used to be considerably more useful than they are now. Although they still have some good data in them they used to have boiling points, melting
points, molecular formula, and hazards for everything instead of just the most popular items. Also for things that seem obscure that they carry
sometimes they will list what it can be used for along with references, very helpful.
Basically it was my first real chemistry encyclopedia and it was free. Plus it had the names and pictures of all the glassware, something that's
still hard to find to this day. You flip to the sections on distillations and look though the pictures and go, "Oh, it's a Ghrham condenser that I
need..." Good source for CAS numbers and current legal status of reagents too.
smaerd - 20-1-2012 at 16:03
Thanks for elucidating bromicacid, maybe I'll try to get one of these as well 
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zoombafu - 22-1-2012 at 09:03
How did you get the catalog? I ordered one but I never received it.
Taslem - 23-1-2012 at 19:56
I have no idea. Im not sure, but it might of been Alfa-Aesar's. I ordered a Sigma Aldrich catalog from them too, so I am not quite sure. I used
legible information in ordering it from S-A; I used the name of my local schools. Either I got the info right, or alfa aesar sent it to me.
Dr.Bob - 24-1-2012 at 08:01
Almost all of Aldrich's catalog is available on-line now, if you just look at their website. EG,
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/ProductDetail.do?N4=2423...
There are also website for most other companies now that include lists of chemicals, cas numbers, mp, bp, density, etc. I once downloaded the list
from one of them, and it had 26,000 chemicals in it. This is all freely available. Look at Aldrich, Alfa-Aeser, Acros, Maybridge, Matrix
Scientific, Oakwood... Hint, Google can find all of them with little effort.
plastics - 24-1-2012 at 12:35
There is even an app for it! (providing you have an ipad that is)
https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-service-home/web-tool...
Mailinmypocket - 14-12-2013 at 10:23
After about a month, this arrived on my doorstep. I used my normal credentials... No business name or anything...
The fine chemicals catalog is quite informative in terms of melting points etc. Understandably the melting points provided are those of their
manufactured products, but for my amateur needs, it's perfect
TheChemiKid - 14-12-2013 at 11:18
Can you provide the link to where you can request a catalog, I can't seem to find it.
Mailinmypocket - 14-12-2013 at 11:22
Look here
[Edited on 14-12-2013 by Mailinmypocket]
TheChemiKid - 14-12-2013 at 11:33
Thank you. Sorry for needing spoon-feeding.
zed - 14-12-2013 at 12:50
A few years back, when Aldrich catalogs were pretty hard to come by, I bought a nice new one, from a guy on e-Bay. It wasn't expensive, and I
avoided screwing around with Aldrich.
When I had called Aldrich directly, the representative I talked to was extremely paranoid, weird, and crazy. Probably sent my info, if I gave any,
directly to some government agency.
Apparently, the rise of the Chinese, has forced 'em to be more accommodating. Aldrich products now just pop-up, when you do an internet search.