Whats hexamine called in Norway?

[anarkisten_83]

Hi,I live in Norway, and its hard to find almost ANY chemical compound here! Could someone please help me with the brand name they sell hexamine under here in norway
? *sorry for my bad english*

[Berserker]

In Europe, I think they call it "methenamine". There are many other names for it too, urotropine and hexamethylenetetramine (its full chemical name) are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head, but here are some from Mega's site:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">1,3,5,7-tetraazatricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane; aceto hmt; Aminoform; Ammoform; ammonioformaldehyde; Cystamin; Cystogen; formamine; Formin; HEXA; Hexaform; hexamethylenamine; hexamethyleneamine; hexamethylenetetraamine; hexamethylene tetramine; hexamethylene triamine; hexamine; hexilmethylenamine; Hiprex; HMT; HMTA; Mandelamine; methamin; metheneamine; preparation af; resotropin; 1,3,5,7-tetraazaadamantane; tetraazatricyclo[3.3.1.1(3,7)]decane; UREX; Uritone; Uroqid; Urotropin</font>

Good luck!

[Teck]

In Europe its called ESBIT.
Its sold as heating fuel, in most sporting stores and surpluses.

Also military surplus has them as round tablets the size of a 5 cent. its sold in round white tubes thats here in the U.S.

In Europe its sold in Orange packs like 3.5"x2.5".

[anarkisten_83]

I was just wondering...Is there any other brands than "Esbit" That contains methenamine? Cause I've seen some other solid fuel tablets...*just wondering*

[Hex]

Buy some. It should have a faint ammonia sort of smell (but milder). If it dissolves in water, and it's a heating tablet, it's almost certain to be hexamine. Other (petroleum based) tablets won't dissolve.

[Fingerless]

Most decent hobby shops carry them, ask for them, they are used in miniature steam engines.

[qwerty]

I've bought the esbit that is sold nowadays and it doesn't dissolve in water, what could it be

[SATANIC]

the hexamine i get is from the army, pure hexamine heating tablets. they don't dissolve quickly in water, but the boxes are waterproofed, so i'm assuming they disintegrate over time. what else would be sold in solid fuel tablets? in australia, there are other brands, which burn with a much different smell. are there any chemical tests for hexamine??