GUIDE How to test Amphetamine?
How to test Amphetamine (Speed): if you intend to use a psychoactive substance first you need a test kit to check purity. Pure amphetamine can’t be identified by appearance. Check your sample with a single or multi-use amphetamine test kit.
Amphetamine tester
Recommended amphetamine testing kits
Recommended multi-use amphetamine reagent test kit includes reagents Marquis, Mecke, Robadope and Simon’s. Reagents Marquis, Mecke, Robadope are required to identify amphetamine. Simon’s reagent helps detect MMC, CMC, other cahtiones, MDA, MDMA, methamphetamine or PMMA. To discover full ingredients and estimate amphetamine % pair reagents with TLC Amphetamine Purity Test Kit. To detect fentanyl use the fentanyl test strips.
STEP ONE How to identify amphetamine?
How to use reagent tests?
TL;DR: Below is an image with a quick cheat sheet how to use the Amphetamine Test Kit and further down you can check out more detailed guide how to test speed. Use the amphetamine reagent test chart to see how to use Marquis reagent, Mecke, Robadope and Simon’s, check the expected results.
Amphetamine test results chart:
TEST | AMPHETAMINE |
MARQUIS | Orange > brown |
MECKE | No color change |
MANDELIN | Green |
LIEBERMANN | Orange > brown |
FROEHDE | No color change |
EHRLICH | No color change |
HOFMANN | No color change |
SIMON’S | No blue color change |
ROBADOPE | Pink color change |
MORRIS | Green |
ZIMMERMANN | No color change / faint yellow |
CANNABIS (4-AP) | No color change |
What are amphetamine test kit reagents used for?
SAMPLE | RECOMMENDED AMPHETAMINE REAGENT TESTS |
AMPHETAMINE / METH / MDMA / MDA / 2C-B |
Reagent tests indicate presence of a substance, therefore can either help confirm presence of the expected compound or help rule out certain cuts.
- Marquis – main test for most powders, secondary test for ketamine, mephedrone and psychedelics
- Mecke – main test for most powders, secondary test for cocaine, ketamine and mephedrone
- Simon – main test for secondary amines, e.g. MDMA, meth, mephedrone, methylone or PMMA
- Robadope – main test for primary amines, e.g. MDA, amphetamine or PMA
- Single use amphetamine test kit includes Marquis reagent
- Multi use amphetamine reagent test kit includes reagents Marquis, Mecke, Simon’s, Robadope and Zimmermann
Marquis reagent is the main test for amphetamine and meth and produces an orange change with. Mecke reagent is the recommended follow up test with expected no color change. Robadope will show a slow pink color change.
Simon’s will show an instant blue reaction in the presence of a secondary amine such as methamphetamine, MDMA, MMC, CMC, other cathinones, PMMA, even if mixed with other compounds.
Amphetamine test kit results
Speed purity testing
Use Robadope and/or Simon’s reagents to confirm presence of meth/amphetamine. Amphetamine (and other primary amines suchs as 2C-X, MDA, PMA, taurine) will cause a pink color change with Robadope reagent, while Simon’s will react to meth (and other secondary amines such as MDMA, MMC analogs, PMMA) with an instant blue color change. Use both in your meth testing kit for best results.
Questions?
STEP TWO How to test amphetamine 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 amphetamine purity pair a reagent test kit with the Amphetamine Purity Test Kit.
How to test quality of amphetamine?
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.
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How to test quality of amphetamine?
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 amphetamine 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.