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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by mataslauzadis on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:01PM (#36884059)
One of the elements used here is phosphorus (P) which is regulated by the DEA in the United States, and can't just be purchased online
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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by toast0 on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:25PM (#36884437)
If you are at a materials science or physics lab, it can't be difficult to get.
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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by TillE on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:44PM (#36884713)
Hell, Sigma Aldrich will sell you LSD. Established labs have no trouble with lightly restricted drug precursors, they've done all the paperwork.
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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:42PM (#36885493)
> One of the elements used here is phosphorus (P) which is regulated by the DEA

I would have figured ATF. What drug can you synthesize with phosphorus? (EDIT: Apparently meth [1].)

[1] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/09/25/00-2455...

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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by ckemere on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:20PM (#36886537)
Probably ATF, not DEA. DEA regulates controlled substances. ATF regulates explosives.
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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by hackeraccount on Thursday July 27, 2023 @08:52AM (#36892663)
Wonder element phosphorus can be used for both!
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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by techdragon on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:00PM (#36887928)
Seriously… elemental phosphorus is controlled by the DEA? The ATF I could maybe understand but the DEA… that’s just whacky.
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