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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