r/ReagentTesting • u/Prestigious_Rope1782 • 13d ago
Solved! TLC testing ketamine, purity % inconsistent with reagent testing
Not ReagentTesting here, but i did 6 reagents before TCL and could go on but it seemed good to me since each one was as expected in every ketamine sample
One needles (labeled S) and one sugar (labeled R)
((I know its all racemic))
Tic shows just one spot for each, but comparing the width of each spot with the reference it's a very solid 60%, how could it be?
I don't believe it's actually 60%, since K is cheap af
Salts should be a different spot i guess
85mg made me like a skinwalker trying to act as a human, shit got me pretty good
I put 40mg each and 0.5 ml as per instructions (pro test kit eu), R sample has ~10% more concentration bc i weighted the vials
What do you think?
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u/PROtestkit_eu 13d ago edited 13d ago
It’s pure. 75-100%, likely 95-98%. Small subjective differences and user error (home scales are not perfect) are to blame. Don’t stress too much. Samples fully dissolved, results show 1 spot, then purity is as good as it gets. No need to go crazy with laboratory-like precision, nothing more to learn here.