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Laboratory Chemical Suppliers in Namibia

Through its agency for Associated Chemical Enterprises (ACE), Swachem supplies CP-grade laboratory reagents and equipment to Namibia’s labs, schools and mines: CP solvents (chloroform, methanol, ethyl acetate, propan-2-ol), reagent salts and oxidisers (potassium permanganate, chromates, ferric chloride), indicators, buffers and conductivity solutions, silica gel, reagent bottles and testing instruments. Mine assay labs, water-quality labs, UNAM and NUST teaching labs, and school science rooms all order from the same locally stocked shelf.

Associated Chemical Enterprises (ACE)BiodyneCP Grade Solvents & ReagentsIndicators, Buffers & Test SolutionsLab Equipment & Consumables

Typical applications

  • Mine assay and metallurgical laboratories
  • Municipal and NamWater water-quality testing
  • University and school teaching laboratories
  • Food and beverage QC labs
  • Veterinary and medical sample preparation
  • Field testing (pH, conductivity, brix)

Why buy from Swachem

  • ACE agency — a recognised CP-grade catalogue, stocked locally
  • School-safe quantities alongside industrial reagent packs
  • Buffers, standards and instruments, not just chemicals
  • Sourcing service for reagents outside the stock range

Featured laboratory chemicals products

From the 2024 catalogue — descriptions and pack sizes as published.

Lab Equipment pack

Full range of lab equipment for lab use.

Pack sizes on request

In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

The full laboratory chemicals range

The deeper range from our master product list — stocked or sourced on request. Ask for grades, pack sizes and bulk pricing.

CP Grade Solvents & Reagents

Laboratory Testing

  • Go Bio Buffer (Pink, Yellow) pack

    Go Bio Buffer (Pink, Yellow)Biodyne

    pH calibration buffer solutions for meters and testers.

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  • Go Bio Conduct Sol (1218, 1413) pack

    Go Bio Conduct Sol (1218, 1413)Biodyne

    Conductivity calibration standards for EC meters.

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  • Go Bio PC5 Tester pack

    Go Bio PC5 TesterBiodyne

    Pocket pH/conductivity tester for field water testing.

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  • Go Bio Refractometer pack

    Go Bio RefractometerBiodyne

    Refractometer for brix and concentration measurement.

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Laboratory Chemicals: your questions answered

What does CP grade actually mean, and when is it required?

CP — chemically pure — sits between technical grade and analytical (AR) grade: impurities are controlled tightly enough for reliable general laboratory work, titrations, teaching experiments and most QC methods. If your method specifies AR/ACS grade for trace analysis, tell us and we will source it through ACE; but for the great majority of Namibian school, water-lab and industrial QC work, CP is the correct and economical specification. Using industrial grade in the lab is where inconsistent results come from.

Can schools order small, safe quantities for science classes?

Yes — school science rooms are long-standing customers. Reagents come in 500 g and small-pack sizes (potassium permanganate CP 500 g, for example), and we will flag which items on a teacher’s list carry storage or handling requirements a school must meet, such as concentrated acids or chromates. Orders can be consolidated with lab equipment — reagent bottles, silica gel, indicators — into one delivery to the school at the start of term.

Do you supply calibration buffers and testers, or only chemicals?

Both. The Go Bio range covers pH buffer solutions (pink/yellow), conductivity standards (1413 µS and 12.88 mS), the PC5 pocket tester and a refractometer for brix work — the practical field kit for water plants, pools, agriculture and food QC. Holding standards locally matters: buffers have shelf lives, and a lab that calibrates weekly should not be freighting 500 ml bottles from South Africa. Put buffers on your standing consumables order with your reagents.

We run a mine assay lab — can Swachem handle our reagent list?

Assay labs on the central belt and the uranium province are core customers for this range. Typical lists — permanganate, dichromate, ferric chloride, CP acids and solvents, silica gel, borax flux components — are stocked or sourced through ACE, and delivered on the same freight as your workshop and process chemicals. That consolidation is the practical benefit: one supplier, one account and one hazardous-goods-compliant delivery for lab, plant and workshop.

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Send us your reagent list — CP grades quoted and delivered with your plant chemicals.

Quotes the same business day wherever possible — from either branch, delivered across Namibia.