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Monday, May 13, 2019
Spectrometer -- Useful for CBD/THC analysis?
The top spectrum shows the result for a high THC strain and the bottom shows the result for a high CBD strain. A calibration procedure was used to compensate for variations in the illumination source (a 100 watt quartz-halogen lamp). The color differences (as seen by eye) are mostly explained by the slight shift in the peaks centered around 625 nanometers -- the CBD color peak is slightly redder.
Conclusion: I got a nice spectrometer to play with, but the idea of using Fast Blue B dye as a way to distinguish THC from CBD didn't work out.
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