NCJ Number
118072
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 34 Issue: 3 Dated: (May 1989) Pages: 678-681
Date Published
1989
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The authors describe a simple chemical test to determine whether a suspect specimen contains cocaine and if so whether it is present as free base cocaine or in salt form.
Abstract
The distinction is based on the relative solubility of the two compounds in aqueous or organic solvent. The test, based on widely accepted cobalt thiocyanate color reaction, is performed in three stages to make the interpretation as complete as possible. (Author abstract)