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Chemistry
THE SPECTRUM ADVANTAGE FOR CHEMICALS
Chemicals
• Prompt delivery
• Required purity levels ensured
• Containers dated when purchased
• Safety and purity dictates chemical packaging
• Label contains CAS numbers where identified
• Label contains highly visible safety symbols
• Colour-coded labels for proper inventory storage
Flammable
Oxidizer
Dangerous When Wet
Corrosive
Poison
Some chemicals include a colour-coded box for proper inventory storage:
- Oxidizer - Flammable - Poison - Corrosive - Nonhazardous
WHMIS compliant.
Material safety data sheets
supplied with every shipment
of chemicals from ACP
CHEMICALS
Definitions of Grades:
•Reagent ACS — Meets or surpasses latest American Chemical Society
standards for purity.
•Reagent — Does not exceed maximum limits of significant impurities as stated. Does not
have ultrastringent requirements of Reagent ACS.
•Laboratory Grade — Equivalent in purity to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and
National Formulary (NF) listings. However, they are not offered for food, drug, or medicinal
use of any kind.
•Practical Grade — Sufficiently high quality for use in many syntheses and other applications.
•Technical Grade — Selected commercial grades, scrupulously clean, and of reasonable
chemical purity. Where usable, most economical grade and suitable for educational purposes.
•Organic Chemicals — Fall into reagent, practical, and technical grades, with specifications
generally determined by melting or boiling point.
•Biological Stains and Solutions — We have greatly expanded our offerings of biological
stains and ready-to-use staining solutions. Every effort has been made to include affordable
and practical small package sizes. All dry stains are of certifiable quality. They are for
use in the most exacting work in biology, cytology, etc.
•Indicators — As with biological stains, we have also expanded the indicators in our chemical
list. Small, practical, and affordable package sizes are included. All indicators and indicator
solutions are of the highest quality for laboratory use.
Due to the fact that packaging of chemicals changes frequently,
quantities may vary from catalog listing, depending on availability.
PRODUCTS WITH THIS SYMBOL u ARE SUBJECT TO AN ADDITIONAL $22.00
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SURCHARGE.
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material safety data sheets will accompany your shipment.
Health Notice
The chemicals listed are not sold for consumption, pharmaceutical, or medicinal purposes.
They are sold only for research, commercial, and educational use under proper
supervision. Only orders on school letterhead, purchase order forms, or phone orders
with a school purchase order number will be accepted. Chemicals will be shipped
only to the school address. Sorry, we cannot accept orders placed by individuals.
Shipping Containers and Costs
SPECTRUM does not charge for cartons, labels, and other packaging materials.
The listed price includes all handling and packaging charges that have been
established and required by the DOT (Department of Transportation). Actual
shipping charges will be added to your invoice.
How We Ship
SPECTRUM urges that, to the extent possible, you try to anticipate your chemical
needs and combine as many items as possible to reduce shipping charges. In an
effort to expedite your order, we have arranged with ACP to ship directly to your
school.
Hazardous Materials
We have identified all hazardous materials (corrosive, flammable, etc.) with a catalog
number that has a KM prefix. All KM items will be shipped separately to you from our
chemicals warehouse. While special DOT (Department of Transportation) packaging is
required for many hazardous materials.
Tel: 1.800.668.0600 Fax: 1.800.668.0602