Research Article

Trace-Level Screening of Chemicals Related to Clandestine Desomorphine Production with Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry

Table 1

Limits of detection (LODs) obtained for the target surfaces studied.

SurfaceDESI-MSPSI-MS
DesomorphineCodeineDesomorphineCodeine

Printed Teflon slide0.50 ng0.90 ng
Steel90 ng100 ng4.0 ng8.0 ng
Nonstick cookware100 ng150 ng8.0 ng10 ng
Enamel cookware200 ng200 ng2.0 ng4.0 ng
PET bottle100 ng270 ng2.5 ng3.5 ng
Glass150 ng350 ng2.0 ng3.0 ng