(sorry for the non-analogue modelling people out there...)

I may also be interested in acquiring a smaller batch in the coming year. If there are others (in addition to Florian) out there, we might share the order? Drop me a note.
Otherwise, Oriol, who are those "intermediaries" you are referring to?

best wishes,
Karen

ps. recent detailed viscosity measurements of different SGM batches in our lab reveal significant differences between the batches, so be careful about assuming a "standard" viscosity. (paper in preparation by Rudolf et al. to be submitted to Tectonophysics GeoMod2014 special volume)

On 5/6/2015 7:13 PM, Oriol Ferrer wrote:
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Hi all,

We also asked for the RBG-0910 GUM to Univar in UK & Spain and the minimum quantity of polymer to buy and the price was similar to the volume commented by Bruno. An interesting option could be to contact intermediaries who sometimes have small stocks as you are looking. Otherwise, unless you specifically need this product, you could search alternative polymers with equivalent mechanical properties.

Cheers,

Oriol

Oriol Ferrer
University of Barcelona, Spain
Royal Holloway University of London, UK




Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 16:27:46 +0200
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Subject: Re: Supplier of silicon putty in the UK
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Hi everybody,
I just ordered some of this product and I can confirm that SGM 36 has changed its name and that the minimum quantity is, indeed, 5 barrels, which means more than 6000 euros.
Cheers,
Bruno
Bruno Vendeville
University of Lille, France


Le Mardi 5 Mai 2015 16:24 CEST, Yago Nestola <[log in to unmask]> a écrit:
 
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Dear Florian,
 
in our lab (www.next.unipr.it) we bought silicon by Xiameter a couple of years ago .
At that time the so-called SGM-36 silicon changed its name in RBG-0910 GUM manifactured by Xiameter (subsidiary from DowCorning, the original producer), sold by ! UnivarEurope. 
The minimum quantity supplied is 450kg (in five barrels of about 90kg), at about 20¤/kg.
 
Keep in touch for further info.
 
Yago
 
 
2015-05-05 15:05 GMT+02:00 Florian Fusseis <[log in to unmask]>:
Good afternoon,

I am looking for a UK-based supplier of reasonable quantities (10-20kg) of silicon putty I want to use in SG practicals, could anyone point me in the right direction? A quick search of the geo-tectonics archives did not reveal a previous thread on this, apologies if I missed it.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Florian

 


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