Major Instrumentation in the Chemistry Department
NMR
X-Ray Crystallography
FTIR
UV-Vis
Fluorescence
Elemental Analysis
Laser Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography & GC/MS
Liquid Chromatography
Electrochemistry
Computational
Biochemistry
Additional Resources
NMR
- 400 MHz - Bruker Avance FT-NMR spectrometer for solutions and solids with 5 mm & 10 mm broadband probes, a solids (CP-MAS) probe, and a variable temperature module
- 60 MHz - Varian EM360L NMR Spectrometer with Anasazi FT Upgrade
X-Ray Crystallography
- Siemens P4 single-crystal diffractometer
- Bruker SMART APEXII CCD
- Bruker P4 with APEXII upgrade
FTIR
- Nicolet Avatar 360 FT-IR E.S.P.
- Bio-Rad Excalibur Series FTS 30000MX FT-IR
UV-Vis
- Shimadzu UV-3100 UV-Vis-NIR recording spectrophotometer
- Shimadzu UV-160 UV-Vis spectrophotometer
- Ocean Optics CCD Array UV-Vis spectrophotometers (8)
Fluorescence
- AMINCO-Bowman Series 2 luminescence spectrometer
Elemental Analysis
- Perkin-Elmer 2380 atomic absorption spectrophotometer
- Spectro XEPOS XRF x-ray fluorescence spectrometer
Laser Spectroscopy
- Coherant Innova 70 argon ion laser
- Laser Science, Inc. VSL-337ND-S Laser with Hitachi-Perkin Elmer Model 139 UV-Vis spectrophotometer detector
Gas Chromatography & GC/MS
- Hewlett-Packard 5890 Series II gas chromatograph with HP 5971 series mass selective detector
- HP 5890 gas chromatograph with FID
Liquid Chromatography
- Hitachi HPLC with L-7100 Pump, D-7000 Interface, L-7200 Autosampler, L-7300 Column Oven, L-7420 UV-Vis Detector & L-7490 RI Detector
Electrochemistry
- EG&G Model 303A Static Mercury Drop Electrode
- EG&G Model 264A Polarographic Analyzer/Stripping Voltammeter
- EG&G Model 616 Rotating Disc Electrode
- EG&G Model 263A Potentiostat/Galvanostat
- CHI Instruments 660C potentiostat/galvanostat
Computational
- Tempest 2150 Linux workstation (with dual Opteron 285 dual-core CPU's, 16GB RAM) running Gaussian 03 and GaussView
- 10-PC Chemistry Student Computer Lab with Two HP Laserprinters, Scanner, Microsoft Office, ChemOffice (ChemDraw & Chem3D), SciFinder Scholar & Spartan 2004'
- Molecular Modeling Software
Biochemistry
- Beckman Avanti J-30 High Performance Centrifuge with JA-30.50 & JL-A-16.250 Rotors
- Thermo Electron IEC Multi High Performance Benchtop Centrifuge with 4x250mL Swinging Bucket Rotor, 8x50mL Fixed-Angle Rotor and 48x1.5mL Fixed-Angle Rotor
- Beckman Microfuge II Centrifuge
- Eppendorf 5415 C Microcentrifuge
- Cold Room
- Fisher Scientific Isotemp Basic Ultralow -85°C Freezer
- MilliPore Milli-Q Water Purification System
- New Brunswick Scientific Classic Series C76 Water Bath Shaker
- Lab-Line Imperial III Incubator
- Laminar Flow Hood
- Gel Electrophoresis (Vertical & Horizontal) and Gel Dryer
- BioRad Chromatography EconoPump & BioFrac Fraction Collector
- GE Healthcare ÄKTAPurifier 10 FPLC with Monitor UV-900 & Frac-950
- BioRad MiniJ Thermocycler
- BioRad 2D Gel Electrophoresis
- SynGene Gel Documentation System
Additional Resources
- CEM MARS 5 (Microwave Accelerated Reaction System)
- Quantachrome Quantasorb Sorption (BET) System
- Vacuum/Atmospheres Corp. Model HE-493 Dri-Train Glove Box
- Rudolph Research Autopat III Automatic Digital Polarimeter
- Parr Model 3911 Medium Pressure Hydrogenation Apparatus with Model 4833 Temperature Controller
- Mettler FP90 Differential Scanning Calorimeter with FP84HT Hot Stage
