GUIDE How to test Cocaine?
How to test Cocaine (coke): if you intend to use a psychoactive substance first you need a test kit to check purity. Pure cocaine can look white but can’t be identified by appearence. Check your sample with a single or multi-use cocaine test kit.
Cocaine tester
Recommended cocaine testing kits
Recommended multi-use Cocaine Reagent Test Kit includes reagents Robadope, Simon’s, Mecke, Liebermann, Ehrlich and Morris. Reagent Morris is required to identify cocaine. Robadope reagent helps detect 2C-B, amphetamine, MDA, PMA or taurine. Simon’s reagent helps rule out many cathinones, methamphetamine, MDMA or PMMA. Mecke helps detect lidocaine. Ehrlich helps detect benzocaine, procaine and tetracaine. Liebermann helps detect ephedrine levamisol and phenecetin. To discover full ingredients and estimate cocaine % pair reagents with the TLC Cocaine Purity Test Kit. To detect fentanyl use the fentanyl test strips.
STEP ONE How to identify cocaine?
How to use reagent tests?
TL;DR: Below is an image with a quick cheat sheet how to use the Cocaine Test Kit and further down you can check out more detailed guide how to test cocaine. Use the cocaine reagent test chart to see how to use Morris reagent, Robadope, Simon’s, Mecke, Ehrlich and Lieberman, check the expected results.
Cocaine test results chart:
TEST | Cocaine |
MARQUIS | No color change |
MECKE | No color change |
MANDELIN | Short brown |
LIEBERMANN | Yellow / faint orange |
FROEHDE | No color change |
EHRLICH | No color change |
HOFMANN | No color change |
SIMON’S | No blue color change |
ROBADOPE | No pink color change |
MORRIS | Bright blue |
ZIMMERMANN | No color change |
CANNABIS (4-AP) | No color change |
What are cocaine test kit reagents used for?
SAMPLE | RECOMMENDED COCAINE REAGENT TESTS |
COCAINE / 2C-B / CATHINONES / KETAMINE / MDMA / MDA / METH/AMPHETAMINE |
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Reagent tests indicate presence of a substance, therefore can either help confirm presence of the expected compound or help rule out certain cuts.
- Ehrlich – main test for all indoles, e.g. lysergamides and tryptamines but also 5-HTP and more, secondary test for cocaine
- Liebermann – main test for most powders, secondary test for cocaine (detects levamisole)
- Mecke – main test for most powders, secondary test for cocaine, ketamine and mephedrone
- Morris – main test for cathinones, cocaine and ketamine, can tell apart some novel dissociatives
- Robadope – main test for primary amines, e.g. MDA, amphetamine or PMA
- Simon – main test for secondary amines, e.g. MDMA, meth, mephedrone, methylone or PMMA
- Single use cocaine test kit includes Morris reagent
- Multi use cocaine reagent test kit includes reagents Ehrlich, Liebermann, Mecke, Morris, Robadope and Simon
Morris reagent is the main test for cocaine and produces a bright blue color change with cocaine (although not exclusively). It should not be used alone.
Simon’s and Robadope are useful both to confirm both primary amines (2C-x, amphetamine, MDA, PMA) and secondary amines (meth, MDMA, PMMA, mephedrone derrivatives). Mecke reagent can detect lidocaine among other compounds. Liebermann can rule out ephedrine, levamisole, phenecetin and more. Ehrlich helps rule out remaining caines, such as benzocaine, procaine and tetracaine.
Cocaine test kit results
How to detect levamisole in cocaine
Questions?
STEP TWO How to test cocaine purity %?
To discover all adulterants and estimate quantity pair reagent tests with a TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) Purity Test Kit. TLC purity tests alone don’t identify substances and are best paired with at least 1-2 reagent tests. Thin Layer Chromatography is one of classic substance analysis methods. It works by separating different compounds depending on their solubility in chosen TLC testing liquid (eluent). To precisly estimate cocaine purity pair a reagent test kit with the Cocaine Purity Test Kit.
How to test quality of cocaine?
Qualitative TLC:
TLC test works by separating substances present in a sample, each detected spot indicates a different substance.
- You can use an already confirmed sample for reference – if both compounds show up at the same height on the TLC “card” that indicates they can be the same substance.
- You can use any substance for reference after establishing their relation – if substance X shows up twice as high on the same testing “card” as substance Y, you can expect them to keep that ratio.
TLC Cocaine Purity Test potency scale
TLC MDMA Purity Test potency scale
How to test quality of cocaine?
Semi-quantitative TLC:
TLC helps estimate quantity (potency). The bigger the size of the detected spot, the bigger the amount of measured substance. Note that different substances need different calibrated rulers and often different testing liquids (eluents).
- Use a calibrated potency % ruler to estimate result with +-10% accuracy
- One spot indicates a pure substance. If your sample fully dissolved in testing liquid and only one spot was detected on TLC then your substance is pure. Trace amounts of impurities might not be detected, do not rely on TLC for fentanyl testing – get also fentanyl test strips.
How to use TLC purity tests?
How to test cocaine for fentanyl?
Use fentanyl test strips (a fentanyl test kit)
METHOD 1
If testing a benzo/opioid pill, crush one in a plastic baggie and dump out the powder. Then add 10 drops of water into the baggie and mix well. Dip the test strip no higher than the thick line. Wait 15 seconds. Put the strip away and check in 5 minutes.
METHOD 2
Mix 100 mg of sample in 200 ml of water. Dip the test strip no higher than the thick line. Wait 15 seconds. Put the strip away and check in 5 minutes.
COMPARE RESULTS
1 line = fentanyl, 2 lines = no fentanyl. Faint lines also count. Ignore fentanyl tester results after 5 minutes.
To detect all ingredients and estimate their amount pair reagents with a TLC purity test kit.
A positive or negative test result does not indicate if a substance is safe. No substance is 100% safe.