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[Caramanos2000]

I found strontium chloride at the pet store. It was $13 for 300g, strotium chloride. is this any good?

[marble]

http://en.wikipedia....ontium_chloride

"It emits a bright red colour when heated in a flame"

All strontium salts will give off a red color when put to flame

[Anders Greenman]

And you can make strontium nitrate from chloride quite easy by ion exchange. Sodium nitrate is probably the most suitable when thinking about solubility, but it may disturb the colour spectra of the finished product.

[Caramanos2000]

My bad. I saw the post in the chemistry section about the exact same product. Should have looked first.

[martgold]

I found strontium chloride at the pet store. It was $13 for 300g, strotium chloride. is this any good?

What purpose was the strontium chloride used for? Its generally considered to be toxic in anything but smallest of doses.

[johndee]

Strontium chloride Is some times used in aquariums, it is used in low doses to increase the growth rates of coralline algae and hard corals.

[dr thrust]

have you tried any yet?in your comps,stars

[pyroman89]

I have a pound of strontium chloride never got around to find a comp for it. Anyone now a red comp useing strontium chloride?