After looking at the Hazardous materials sticky, i realized that a lot of the things people make might actually be illegal.

 

Does anyone know about the legality of these or other chemicals in the U.S. (or other countries)? Assuming they are all used only in good natured experiments...

 

1.)Chlorine

2.)Bromine

3.)Iodine

4.)Hydrochloric Acid

5.)Sulfuric Acid

6.)Nitric Acid

7.)Ammonium Nitrate

8.)Nitrous Oxide, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide

9.)Non-fluorine interhalogens

10.)Any other materials commonly mentioned here

 

I know for sure most explosives are illegal (i.e. nitroglycerine)... i know drug precursors are watched (i.e. I2)... i'm not sure where things like model rocket engines and thermite fit in...and ammonium nitrate in itself is a weak explosive.

 

I saw something about chlorine here, but it says only if compressed or liquified... and montreal protocol only deals with chlorinated fluorocarbons, not chlorine itself...

 

I'm sure if I do accidently use something illegal I could explain that I was doing it for the good of chemistry, but just in case...

Edited March 28, 200916 yr by max.yevs

you could explain all you like but if a policeman was looking to get some extra arrests he'd still arrest you for it. because it's illegal, you see...

yes i know that which is why i'm trying to make sure that it isn't illegal...explosives or something, yeah obviously that's illegal.

 

and on second thought i realize this was a stupid post since laws for this vary everywhere. i just got a little freaked out after reading that hazmat thing.

does america have something like the CAB (Citizens Advice Bureau). because you should be able to ask them to help you find the local rules and regs governing home chemistry.

good question, idk i googled it and each link is about some settlement home in new york or something...

 

but thanks for the tip, if not CAB, i'm sure there's something similar to it

 

Actually i just realized, i can be pretty confident that all of those first 8 are legal, they're used in labs all the time without any special permission... 9 i would assume is also legal since its no more poisonous or corrosive then one of these: 1,2,3. Number 8, ammonium nitrate might be questionable since its the basis of the infamous terrorist explosive, but I don't like it too much anyways.

 

And that link I gave turns out to be chemicals being transported.

 

so i think unless I put any one in danger or anything like that, I should be good.

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Edited March 28, 200916 yr by max.yevs