Drugs Forensic Science

An instrument for measuring absorbance, used to identify drugs

• Spectrophotometer

• Chromatography

• Barbiturate

• A standard

An OTC medicine

• Narcotic

• Motrin

• An ion

• Analyte

Pertaining to the amount or quantity; a type of analysis

• Quantitative

• Absorbance

• False Positive

• A standard

A depressant, such as phenobarbital

• Presumptive

• Narcotic

• Wavelength

• Barbiturate

A substance being analyzed, such as syllabicate (aspirin) in plasma

• Analyte

• Questioned Sample

• Spectrum

• A stock solution

A sample of unknown origin, such as powder on a victim

• Molecular Structure

• Motrin

• Chromatography

• Questioned Sample

A positive test result when there is no product present

• Conformity Test

• False Positive

• Allergic Reaction

• Metabolism

Abnormal immune response to a substance

• Barbiturate

• Quantitative

• Allergic Reaction

• Wavelength

A known sample that can be prepared by a chemist for an analysis or evidence of a known origin

• An ion

• Absorbance

• Confirmatory Test

• A standard

A charged particle

• Motrin

• Presumptive

• An ion

• Analyte