Home potency testing
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Unless the situation with end-user level technology and commercial offerings have changed significantly, I know of no such incredibly cheap analytical equipment. If there were such a thing, growers and dealers, both illegal and legal, would be routinely testing their products (themselves vs. having having to submit samples for analysis).
I think there are complications with multiple steps and technologies/equipment involved - chromatography (gas and/or liquid phase) and spectrometry, usually mass spec. Some chemical reactions, synthesis of derivatives, may be required to detect some cannabinoids. And the equipment will require calibration, reference standards, ultra-clean solvents, etc. This is all complex and expensive. And even with the costly equipment and experienced chemist operators there's lots of variation, no real standardization, etc. of results.
But I could be wrong. Any <$1000 desktop HPLC- or GC-MS units available yet?
I think there are complications with multiple steps and technologies/equipment involved - chromatography (gas and/or liquid phase) and spectrometry, usually mass spec. Some chemical reactions, synthesis of derivatives, may be required to detect some cannabinoids. And the equipment will require calibration, reference standards, ultra-clean solvents, etc. This is all complex and expensive. And even with the costly equipment and experienced chemist operators there's lots of variation, no real standardization, etc. of results.
But I could be wrong. Any <$1000 desktop HPLC- or GC-MS units available yet?
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