ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

Identification and Quantitation of Norcocaine in Illicit Cocaine Samples
Kumar, A
Forensic Chemist, Drug Enforcement Administration, Southeast Laboratory, FL

Kiser, WO
Forensic Chemist, Roanoke Crime Laboratory, VA

(Received 7 September 1993; accepted 30 September 1994)

Abstract

A gas chromatographic method for determining norcocaine concentration in cocaine powder is presented. The lower detection limit was 0.01%. GC/MS was used to confirm the presence of norcocaine. Norcocaine concentrations in 170 of 198 illicit cocaine samples tested ranged from 0.01% to 3.70%, with an average of 0.54%. Norcocaine was not detected in 28 of the 198 samples.

Keywords:
criminalistics, norcocaine, gas chromatography, impurity

Paper ID: JFS13805J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13805J
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