[meteorite-list] Dimethylglyoxime powder for nickel testing

[John.L.Cabassi]

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