Where can I buy some Sodium Iodide?


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Seriously, this is no joke. I want to buy some Sodium Iodide (NaI) because I need to duplicate DNA, of course! Polymerase chain reactions obviously.

Ok I lied, lol. Even if I am using it for practical joke purposes, I'm a biologist/chemist in training, so I know what I'm doing with the compounds. I just need to know where in USA (north east please), can I buy NaI? I guess Potassium Iodide would work, but I'd rather have Sodium Iodide. Do you think a drug store like Eckerd or Walgreens would sell it?

I don't need a large amount of the compound. I know where to buy it in London, but thats of no use to me as I want it here. So fellow American science experimenters, where do you obtain your chemicals?

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Seriously, this is no joke. I want to buy some Sodium Iodide (NaI) because I need to duplicate DNA, of course! Polymerase chain reactions obviously.

Ok I lied, lol. Even if I am using it for practical joke purposes, I'm a biologist/chemist in training, so I know what I'm doing with the compounds. I just need to know where in USA (north east please), can I buy NaI? I guess Potassium Iodide would work, but I'd rather have Sodium Iodide. Do you think a drug store like Eckerd or Walgreens would sell it?

I don't need a large amount of the compound. I know where to buy it in London, but thats of no use to me as I want it here. So fellow American science experimenters, where do you obtain your chemicals?

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I think drug stores might be selling Iodine by itself and you many have to prepare a batch yourself if nothing else works

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I think drug stores might be selling Iodine by itself and you many have to prepare a batch yourself if nothing else works

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i would not recommend making your own batch at home...if you dont have the proper ventaliation your poisoned...if it reacts to something around u....KABOom

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Oh trust me, I'm not going to make my own NaI at home.. I don't have half the necessary apparatus needed to make mine.

I was considering large scale vendors, but would they be willing to sell one bottle? Also, how do I find out the names of these companies? Ask my chemistry professor? lol

Thanks for those links. I found them on google too, but unfortunately they only ship to Schools and Laboratories. :(

I guess I should try drug stores, huh? Or find a laboratory and sneak some out.

Dammit! I have Hydrogen Peroxide, I just need some NaI.

No terrorist activity :shifty:

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I would think that a "biologist/chemist in training" would be able to obtain it from the school chem lab :whistle:

You may check larger equine / livestock stores. Iodine is used to put on the wounds of animals. Most farmers like the crystalized iodine because it isnt as messy.

If you are anywhere near Missouri - It may be pretty hard to obtain since iodine is one of the ingrediants in making methamphetamine [used in 1 of 2 processes]. Missouri is #1 in USA for meth manufacturing - all ingrediants are getting REALLY hard to obtain.

Good luck

B

NO I'm not a meth dealer - my job is dealing with meth labs and the dumbasses who make it

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