Is there any possibility to buy nitric in the US in bulk ? Just a question, as I live in EU and those prices do quite a headache to me
Because, yes, here you can also buy for example HCL in garden store or something like that, that cost 5 euros/L. But then you can buy tech grade HCL from chemical company in 25L or 50L canisters for like 0,7eur/L. Same with nitric. Tech grade nitric is mostly 50-53%, and is sold by kg - kg now, after price ramping due to inflation cost like 1euro.
It is very dificult to obtain nitric here as regular person, without license and VAT impossible (also sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide - of any strength). But when you overcome this bureaucratic hassle, it is relatively cheap. If you go ahead and buy like 55 gallon drum of nitric, it is even cheaper - going as far as 50-70cents/kg.
Just thinking if some collective purchase could be made on your side in the US, eg buying 55 galon drum and then partition it between members. This could save you some serious money. Same with HCL
Because nitric is manufactured in huge ammounts for fertilizer industry. Really huge. And I do not think it is much more expensive to make it in the US, than here. All in all, quite a bit of these chemicals are manufactured in China and shipped, so same on both sides with price. At least, factory price should be comparable here and in the US.
