Hello (New here!),
As this is my first post I'd just like to say that I am by no means a biology or chemistry expert, my limit of chemistry was A-Level!
Anyway, I know nothing much about mephedrone, so I ordered some and when it arrived I did the usual acetone wash (either very little or nothing was filtered), and I always dissolve and evaporate crystals to make sure they reform properly to see if they're mixed or whatnot (I'm not asking for a substance ID).
Anyway, I've had 2 batches of mephedrone off different sellers and both were crystals though one was square crystals mixed with shard crystals, the other was just lumpy shard crystals. I dissolved both in water and let them evaporate naturally, after about a day and a half, the water looks to have evaporated entirely but it hasn't from what I can tell as the resulting solid is wet. Both solutions give a yellow solid with a smell similiar to urine but weaker and sweeter (as best as I can describe it, both sets of crystals had no determinable smell before dissolving), putting it on to filter paper and pressing it down makes the filter paper underneth become wet... Whatever solution it is does not seem to be water as even a small amount takes days to dry off.
So I am perplexed as to what is happening and why the solution isn't reforming into crystals, again I am not after a substance ID but I am wondering if anyone has tried this (maybe with the pre-ban mephedrone?) and has any idea what is happening, I'm assuming the chemical becomes unstable in water or reacts with one of the other things in the water (Note: I used normal tap water from a hard-water area, not distilled water) and thus changes to a different chemical, but if this is so, how do the labs that produce it get it into clear crystal form? I'm assuming they use some kind of solvent that evaporates fast and doesn't react.
I don't have any pictures of the substances but can take some (though they will be low quality ) if anyone's interested in what it looks like.
Thanks for reading and greetings .
As this is my first post I'd just like to say that I am by no means a biology or chemistry expert, my limit of chemistry was A-Level!
Anyway, I know nothing much about mephedrone, so I ordered some and when it arrived I did the usual acetone wash (either very little or nothing was filtered), and I always dissolve and evaporate crystals to make sure they reform properly to see if they're mixed or whatnot (I'm not asking for a substance ID).
Anyway, I've had 2 batches of mephedrone off different sellers and both were crystals though one was square crystals mixed with shard crystals, the other was just lumpy shard crystals. I dissolved both in water and let them evaporate naturally, after about a day and a half, the water looks to have evaporated entirely but it hasn't from what I can tell as the resulting solid is wet. Both solutions give a yellow solid with a smell similiar to urine but weaker and sweeter (as best as I can describe it, both sets of crystals had no determinable smell before dissolving), putting it on to filter paper and pressing it down makes the filter paper underneth become wet... Whatever solution it is does not seem to be water as even a small amount takes days to dry off.
So I am perplexed as to what is happening and why the solution isn't reforming into crystals, again I am not after a substance ID but I am wondering if anyone has tried this (maybe with the pre-ban mephedrone?) and has any idea what is happening, I'm assuming the chemical becomes unstable in water or reacts with one of the other things in the water (Note: I used normal tap water from a hard-water area, not distilled water) and thus changes to a different chemical, but if this is so, how do the labs that produce it get it into clear crystal form? I'm assuming they use some kind of solvent that evaporates fast and doesn't react.
I don't have any pictures of the substances but can take some (though they will be low quality ) if anyone's interested in what it looks like.
Thanks for reading and greetings .