Purple crystal used in labs for product testing and experiments.
Available in500 g25 kg
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Laboratory Chemicals for Laboratories & Education in Namibia
This is the home pairing: CP-grade reagents through the ACE agency for the labs and science rooms of Namibia. A school in Rundu, a UNAM teaching lab and a NamWater analyst draw from the same Windhoek shelf — reagents, indicators, buffers, glassware consumables — ordered locally instead of couriered across a border at small-parcel rates.
The local problems this range solves
- Term-cycle budgets needing one consolidated order per year
- Storage-class rules on school premises limiting what may be held
- Practical syllabi requiring specific reagents at specific weeks
- Small-quantity orders surcharged into absurdity by SA couriers
Compliance & documentation
School orders are reviewed for storage-class appropriateness; SDS ship with every hazardous line and COAs with method-critical reagents.
Local tip
Order for first term in November — the January rush collides with everyone’s new budget year, and the science departments that pre-ordered teach their first practical on schedule.
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CP acid dilutions
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Keeps boxed products fresh and dehydrated.
Pack sizes on request
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Reagent Bottles (amber)
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Go Bio Buffers
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Full ACE range (on order)
Stocked or sourced on request — ask the counter.
Laboratory Chemicals for laboratories & education: asked and answered
How does a science department convert its syllabus into an order?
Send the practical list — we translate it: reagents in school quantities, hazard-flagged lines with storage notes, safer substitutions suggested where the teaching point survives them, and the glassware consumables added. One delivery at term start, one invoice for the bursar, and the list kept on file so next year is an email.
Which chemicals should a school not hold, and what replaces them?
Concentrated acids beyond demonstration stock, chromates, and anything the storeroom’s ventilation and locks cannot honestly manage — we flag these at ordering rather than delivering a problem. Dilute stock solutions replace concentrates for most practicals; where the syllabus genuinely needs the hazardous item, we supply the minimum quantity with the storage guidance.
Can university and technical labs get research-grade reagents through you?
Through the ACE catalogue, largely yes — AR grades and speciality reagents come in on the regular consignment, with COAs for methods that demand them. For genuinely exotic items our import desk quotes landed cost and lead time. The practical guidance for research groups: order a term ahead and let us hold the buffer stock.
What makes local reagent supply cheaper than it looks?
The hidden costs it deletes: courier surcharges on hazardous small parcels, forex admin, customs clearance time, and the staff hours chasing all three. A 500 g reagent jar’s counter price here regularly beats its landed cost from an SA catalogue — before counting the six-week wait it also deletes.
Serving Laboratories & Education from our Windhoek branch
Swachem Windhoek · 2-8 Walter Street, Southern Industrial Area, Windhoek · Tel 061 235 051 · Monday – Friday, 08:00 – 17:00
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