[hackerspaces] Projects for a mass spectrometer?

[Sector67 Team]

https://mds.bussvc.wisc.edu/swap/product.asp?mscsID=&auction_id=24453


Chris

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Sam Ley <sam.ley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Problem with testing for most substances is that you need to have controls
> - the machine doesn't just identify something, it allows you to compare
> different samples. To reliably test for MDMA, for instance, you need to own
> lab control samples of MDMA, which requires a DEA license for running a
> toxicology lab. You could certainly test a "dubious substance", but without
> controls you wouldn't know for sure what it is (though you may still be able
> to make some educated guesses).
>
> -Sam
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Jamie Schwettmann <
> jamie.schwettmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I for one, would love to know what fake food (and tap water!) are *really*
>> made of before I welcome our pharmochemical overlords.  Publishing spectral
>> analysis of the alphabetical array of mysterious multisyllabic additives
>> currently adorning the shelves of every major grocery chain in the country
>> would be awesome indeed.
>>
>> Is it illegal *anywhere* to test dubious substances?  Aren't most
>> substances dubious until a reasonable accounting of their origin can be
>> determined?
>>
>> - Jamie
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:50 AM, john arclight <arclight at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe you can offer to test moonshine that people bring in. Manitoba
>>> has hillbillies like the US does, right?
>>>
>>> Is it illegal where you are to test pills and other dubious substances
>>> people bring samples of?
>>>
>>>
>>> Arclight
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Andrew Orr <andrew at andreworr.ca> wrote:
>>> > Hey everyone,
>>> >
>>> > Our hackerspace[1] got offered a mass spectrometer, but we have to
>>> figure
>>> > out what kinds of thing we'll use it for before we can get it. The guy
>>> who
>>> > is donating it doesn't want it to sit idle or be put in storage or
>>> whatever.
>>> >
>>> > So my question to you lot is: What kinds of projects / use cases does a
>>> mass
>>> > spectrometer have in a hackerspace?
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > -Andrew
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