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Instrumentation
The following instruments are used both for instruction and research. A typical IPFW chemistry major would use most of these instruments sooner or later in their lab courses. Other science majors would also encounter some of these instruments in their analytical and organic chemistry lab courses.
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Atomic Absorption Spetrophotometer: Perkin Elmer 107
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Computational Chemistry: Silicon GraphicsOrigin 200, IBM RS6000
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Dry Box: Vacuum Atmospheres
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Fluorimeter: SPEX Fluorolog 3
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Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer: Nicolet Magna 550
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Gas Chromatograph: Shimadzu GC-8 and Gow Mac
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Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer: Finnigan GCQ
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High Performance Liquid Chromatograph: Spectra Physics
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Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer: Leeman Labs Plasma Spec
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Magnetic Susceptibility Balance: Johnson Matthey
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Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis Laboratory: Surelite Continuum Nd-YAG laser
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer: 200 MHz Varian Mercury 5 Nuclei System
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Protein Electrophoresis: PHAST Pharmacia Amershan
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Refrigerated Microcentrifuge: Eppendorf
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Scanning Tunneling Microscope: Burleigh Instructional
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Thermogravimetric Analysis: Dupont Instruments 951 Thermogravimetric Analyzer
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Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer: Hewlett Packard 8453, Cary 1
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X-Ray Diffractometer (Geosciences Department): Philips APD3520
The following are links to user manuals and instructional videos for instrumentation in the Department of Chemistry.
Documents
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NMR Procedures: Data Acquisition Using VNMR Automation (PDF)
Videos
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NMR Procedures: Sample Preparation (.mov)
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NMR Procedures: Cleanup (.mov)
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NMR Procedures: Post-processing of NMR Spectral Data (Flash)
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NMR Procedures: Calculation of H NMR Spectral Data (Flash)
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NMR Procedures: Calculation of C NMR Spectral Data (Link is currently an .exe file)
