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Step-by-step guides to checking what is actually in a sample. Which reagent suits which substance, how to read a colour change, and where reagents stop and purity testing begins.
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Step-by-step guides to checking what is actually in a sample. Which reagent suits which substance, how to read a colour change, and where reagents stop and purity testing begins.
Testing Amph Amphetamine Caffeine Speed TLC Upper
How to detect caffeine?
Caffeine is the single most common cut in European stimulants. It is also one of the easier adulterants to find, if you use the right test.
Testing 1B-LSD 1cP-AL-LAD 1cP-LSD 1cP-MiPLA 1D-LSD 1P-LSD 1V-LSD AL-LAD ETH-LAD LSD LSZ Lysergamides Psychedelics Recommended Research Chemical
How to test LSD derivatives?
Lysergamide analogues are legal in many countries and increasingly common. They do react with Ehrlich and Hofmann, just not on the same timetable.
Testing 2c Amphetamine Ecstasy Froehde Liebermann Mandelin Marques Marquis MDMA PMA PMEA PMMA Robadope Robatest Simon Simons XTC
How to detect PMA / PMMA / PMEA?
PMA and PMMA have killed people who believed they had taken MDMA. Here are the reagent reactions that separate them, compound by compound.
Testing Acid Amount Blotter Concentration GEL Gel tab Hoffman Hofman Hofmann LSD lsd-25 lsd25 Purity Recommended
How to test LSD quantity?
We checked whether the Hofmann test, generally used to confirm the presence of “acid,” could be used as a reagent to test the amount of LSD. It turns out that yes, so when you buy a PRO test for identifying LSD you get a free test for quantity.
Testing Amfetamin Amphetamine Ecstasy MDA MDMA Meth Methamphetamine Molly Recommended
How to detect meth/amphetamine mixed in MDMA?
When a sample has more than one ingredient, a reagent mostly shows you the strongest reaction. Here is how to work around that and find the stimulant.
Testing Bk-ebdb Cathinones Eutylone Stimulants
Eutylone reagent testing results
Eutylone has been missold as MDMA since 2019. Unlike most cathinones, its reagent results are distinctive enough to catch it.
Testing 1P-LSD Acid Blotter Ehrlich Erlich GEL Gel tab
1P-LSD does not turn Ehrlich purple
1P-LSD, one of novel lysergamides, is known to not react with the Ehrlich reagent within the expected time frame (minutes). Despite that, some users report that their samples do in fact turn Ehrlich reagent pink / purple.