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Gotta bodge together, rent, borrow, steal or buy an old mass-spec that works, otherwise taking untested kitchen drugs shares a lot of risks in common with takin
by burntrelish1273 9y ago
Gotta bodge together, rent, borrow, steal or buy an old mass-spec that works, otherwise taking untested kitchen drugs shares a lot of risks in common with taking street drugs.
- olympus 9y agoWould a RamanPi [https://hackaday.io/project/1279-ramanpi-raman-spectrometer https://hackaday.io/project/1279-ramanpi-raman-spectrometer] work for verifying that you made the correct thing? It is probably lower cost than getting a hold of an old lab machine.
- burntrelish1273 9y agoTry it. :D Just better calibrate it often with whatever stable molecules are used for that and borrowing a known-good, real machine. Maybe record the uncorrected reading to get the drift (both kinds ;) at each calibration so you know if it's wearing out, eg, needs to be calibrated more often or replaced if it's a PITA.
- refurb 9y agoIR is a bit of a crude analytical method. It really only tells you if you have certain arrangements of atoms. It can't really tell you how pure it is. That said, if your IR looked just like the real IR, you have strong evidence that the drug you want is in there.