Metallurgical Etchants
AWS D1.2 Basic Etchant set - SODIUM HYDROXIDE 20% SOLUTION 1LT, NITRIC ACID 10% AQUEOUS SOLUTION 1LT, WATER DEIONISED 5LT - £63.00
Acidified Ferric chloride 100ml - £28.00
Adlers Reagent 150ml - for etching stainless steel and hastalloy superalloys - £44.00
Adlers Reagent 500ml -for etching stainless steel and hastalloy superalloys - £100.00
Aqua Regia Etching solution 500ml - £51.00
Barker's Etch 500ml - is widely used in revealing grain structure of Al alloys under polarized light - £66.00
Beraha solution 500ml - £72.00
Buffer pH9 1ltr - £20.00
Buffer pH11 1ltr - £20.00
Copper sulphate HCl Etchant 1ltr - £113.00
Ethanol absolute 1ltr - Reagent in synthetic organic chemistry and chromatography. Industrial and laboratory organic solvent - £120.00
Frys Etch 100ml for micro-etching precipitation hardening stainless steels (PH grade), martensitic stainless steels, and some superalloys. It is also an effective stain for weld - £52.00
Frys Etch 500ml for micro-etching precipitation hardening stainless steels (PH grade), martensitic stainless steels, and some superalloys. It is also an effective stain for weld - £85.00
Hydrochloric acid 36% 500ml - £26.00
Hydrochloric acid 50% 500ml - £22.00
Isopropanol 99% 25Ltr Drum - £136.00
Kallings No 2 150ml - for etching duplex and 400 series stainless steel and Ni-Cu alloys and superalloys - £45.00
Kallings No 2 500ml - for etching duplex and 400 series stainless steel and Ni-Cu alloys and superalloys - £79.00
Kellers 500ml - for etching of titanium and aluminium alloys - £72.00
Klemm’s Reagent 100ml - reveals the general structure of pure Copper and Copper alloys, and darkens the beta phase in alpha-beta brass in Copper alloys. It also colours ferrite in lower alloy grade Tool Steels. - £48.00
Krolls 250ML - Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Etchants for macroscopic and microscopic examination. As a micro-etch for Aluminium & Aluminium Alloy products, use 3μm diamond or finer and swab or immerse sample for less than 5 seconds. - £58.00
Krolls 500ML - Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials — Etchants for macroscopic and microscopic examination. As a micro-etch for Aluminium & Aluminium Alloy products, use 3μm diamond or finer and swab or immerse sample for less than 5 seconds. - £69.00
Marbles reagent 0.5ltr micro-etching 300 series stainless steels, nickel, and cobalt-based superalloys. The etchant will darken austenitic grains, attack sigma phases, and show grain flow - £41.00
Murakami's etchant 150ml - For hard metals, molybdenum alloys, chromium alloys, tungsten, tungsten alloys, for visualization of carbides, sigma phase, delta ferrite and austenite - £40.00
Nimonic Acid 500ml - £56.00
Nitric Acid 60% solution 25ltr - £142.00
Nital 2% in Denatured Ethanol (IMS) 500c - - for etching Fe based, Carbon steel and alloys and cast iron - £29.00
Nital 2% in Denature Ethanol 100ml micro-etching mild steel, carbon steel, low alloy steel, cast iron, and some tool steel. - £24.00
Nital 2% in Denature Ethanol 2.5ltr - for etching Fe based, Carbon steel and alloys and cast iron - £58.00
Nital Etch 5% 250cc is a popular micro- and macro-etchant for etching mild steel, carbon steel, low alloy steel, cast iron and tool steel. - £24.00
Nital Etch 10% 250cc - £24.00
Nitric acid 10% 500ml - £20.00
Nital Weld Etch 10% 2.5ltr -This product is a good general purpose etchant for Carbon & Low Alloy Steel welds; it reveals ferrite boundaries & differentiates ferrite from martensite. - £55.00
Oberhoffer etching solution 1ltr - macro etchant for unalloyed and alloyed steels in metallography to visualize phosphorus accumulations (fibre flow). - £121.00
Oxalic Acid 6% 100ml - £28.00
Oxalic Acid 10% 100ml most popular electrolytic etching solution for revealing the microstructure of austenitic stainless steels (300 series) - £31.00
Potassium Ferricyanide 100g - This solution reveals the general structure of pure Copper and Copper alloys - £32.00
Picral 2% 100ml for the etching of ferrous materials containing peartlite, martensite and bainite. Also for magnesium alloys, cast iron and highly alloyed stainless steel - £37.00
Picral 2% 0.5ltr - for the etching of ferrous materials containing peartlite, martensite and bainite. Also for magnesium alloys, cast iron and highly alloyed stainless steel. - £50.00
Picral 4% 0.5ltr - This solution reveals the general structure of Iron + Carbon and Iron - £54.00
Sodium Hydroxide 20% 500ml - £23.00
Vilellas Reagent 0.5ltr - for etching to reveal tempered martensite in treated iron and steel - £50.00
Waterless Kallings 500ml - this solution reveals the general structure of;Iron Ni-Cu alloys and Superalloys.Iron +(15–30%)Chromium +(6–40%)Nickel +(<5%) other elements (Series 300)+(12–30%) Chromium +(<6%) Nickel (400 Series) - £74.00
Weck’s Reagent for Aluminium 250ml - for use in revealing the general structure of Aluminium and its alloys. It may be considered as an alternative to Keller’s Reagent. - £55.00
We can get our chemists to mix any solution that you may require for etching. If what you are looking for is not listed here, then please get in touch as we can supply most etching solutions but as there are so many, it may not be listed as yet.
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