GUIDE How to test Ketamine?
How to test Ketamine (Ket, Special K): if you intend to use a psychoactive substance first you need a test kit to check purity. Pure ketamine can look white or clear and can’t be identified by appearence. Check your sample with a single or multi-use ketamine test kit.
Ketamine tester
Recommended ketamine testing kits
Recommended multi-use Ketamine Reagent Test Kit includes reagents Mecke, Liebermann, Froehde and Morris. Reagents Liebermann and Morris are required to identify ketamine. Liebermann also helps rule out levamisole, amphetamines and more. Mecke reagent helps detect 2C-B, lidocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine and more. Froehde reagent htelps rule out synthesis impurities and more. To discover full ingredients and estimate ketamine % pair reagents with the TLC Ketamine Purity Test Kit. To detect fentanyl use the fentanyl test strips.
STEP ONE How to identify ketamine?
How to use reagent tests?
TL;DR: Below is an image with a quick cheat sheet how to use the Ketamine Test Kit and further down you can check out more detailed guide how to test MDMA. Use the ketamine reagent test chart to see how to use Morris reagent, Lieberman, Mecke and Froehde, check the expected results.
Ketamine test results chart:
TEST | Ketamine |
MARQUIS | No color change |
MECKE | No color change |
MANDELIN | Orange |
LIEBERMANN | Faint yellow |
FROEHDE | No color change |
EHRLICH | No color change |
HOFMANN | No color change |
SIMON’S | No blue color change |
ROBADOPE | No pink color change |
MORRIS | Purple |
ZIMMERMANN | Extremely slow pink |
CANNABIS (4-AP) | No color change |
What are ketamine test kit reagents used for?
SAMPLE | RECOMMENDED KETAMINE REAGENT TESTS |
KETAMINE / COCAINE / 2C-B / 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.
- Froehde – main test for most powders, secondary test for ketamine and amphetamines, long shelf life
- 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
- Single use ketamine test kit includes Morris reagent
- Multi use cocaine reagent test kit includes reagents Froehde, Liebermann, Mecke and Morris
Morris reagent is the main test for ketamine and produces a purple color change with small samples of ketamine or dark blue with big ones. It should be paired with at least Liebermann reagent which is useful both to confirm ketamine and rule out many adulterants.
Liebermann can rule out ephedrine, levamisole, phenecetin and more. Mecke reagent can detect lidocaine among other compounds. Froehde helps rule out remaining synthesis impurities, PMA, PMMA and more.
Ketamine test kit results
How to detect ketamine?
Questions?
STEP TWO How to test ketamine 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 ketamine purity pair a reagent test kit with the Ketamine Purity Test Kit.
How to test quality of ketamine?
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 ketamine?
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).
- 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 ketamine 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.