Instructional Facilities

The Chemistry Department is very proud of its modern and well-equipped laboratories. The list below includes much of the major equipment available use in both the standard laboratory coursework and in independent student/faculty research projects.

Separation and Analysis

Gas Chromatography
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry
Liquid Chromatography- Electrospray Mass Spectrometry
Liquid Chromatography- Electron Impact Mass Spectromety

Spectroscopy

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
Ultraviolet/Visible Absorption Spectroscopy (UV/Vis)
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
300 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)
60 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)
Atomic Absorption Spectoscopy (AA)
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy (ESR)

Computational Facilities

Molecular Modeling
Hyperchem 6.0 Professional
Gaussian 98- UNIX version
Maple Symbolic Math Program
10 seat dedicated computer lab

Surface Analysis

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Low Energy Electron Diffraction
Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy
Spin Coater

Physical Properties

Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Magnetic Susceptibility