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

Single use amphetamine tester available with free shipping. This test gives the least amount of information and should be used with extra caution. Read about more advanced tools further down.

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?

How to test AMPHETAMINE?

Watch how to test amphetamine with reagents:

Watch how to test amphetamine with reagents:

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 reagentMecke, 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

 

All results are available in our booklet and app.

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.

Marquis reagent tests for MDMA and 2C-B

Amphetamine test kit results

Testing speed with Marquis, Mecke, Robadope and Simon’s

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.
Reference adjusted from 66% pure cocaine with coffeine and ethenzamide. Due to UV-C light photo might not display correctly.

TLC Cocaine Purity Test potency scale

Reference adjusted from 66% pure cocaine with coffeine and ethenzamide. Due to UV-C light photo might not display correctly.
Reference results ranging from 10% up to 100%, adjusted from lab confirmed pure MDMA hydrochloride sample

TLC MDMA Purity Test potency scale

Reference results ranging from 10% up to 100%, adjusted from lab confirmed pure MDMA hydrochloride sample

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?

Watch how to test speed purity with TLC:

Pair with a reagent test kit to identify substances. Use both kits separately.

Watch how to test meth with TLC:

Pair with a reagent test kit to identify substances. Use both kits separately.

Questions?

How to test amphetamine for fentanyl?

Use fentanyl test strips (a fentanyl test kit)

Fentanyl test kit instructios

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.