[meteorite-list] Dimethylglyoxime powder for nickel testing

From: John.L.Cabassi <John_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:37:30 -0700
Message-ID: <000901c92c80$748e2b00$4564fea9_at_TITAN>

G'Day List
A while back some members were interested in DMG. A good friend of mine
informed me that he had excess, so if anybody is still interested, you can
email me off-list and I will forward you his email address and you can deal
with him directly.

Quote:
"I have quite a bit of DMG I bought not realizing how far a little will go.
So I am offering some of my surplus for those who wish to make their own
nickel test kits. I will measure them out in 2 gram packets of DMG powder,
which will make 200ml of DMG solution. Just dissolve the DMG powder in 200ml
of denatured alcohol, available in hardware stores. The hydrochloric acid
needed to ionize the nickel in stone meteorites is also available in
hardware stores as muriatic or pool acid, or in pool stores. And the
ammonium hydroxide can be purchased in any grocery store, or retail store.
This will save you a lot of money over buying pre-made nickel test kits. I
will write up an instructional paper to include with the DMG powder packets"

Thanks for your time.
Cheers, Johnno
Received on Sun 12 Oct 2008 11:37:30 AM PDT