Instrumentation

Here are the highlights of the instrumentation used in undergraduate laboratories and are available for a number of chemical analyses by contacting Rebecca Jamieson.

High Field NMR spectrometers

• Bruker Avance Neo 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer; HX broadband iProbe ¹⁹⁹Hg – ¹⁹F and ¹⁷O – ¹⁰⁹Ag (20 – 162 MHz); BOSS-III shims with 36 gradient shims and ability to lock multiple solvent signals simultaneously; BSVT unit to allow temperature control -100 to 150°C; 24 position Autosampler
• Varian INOVA 500 MHz NMR/Sun Work Station Running VNMRJ; ¹H-¹⁹F/¹⁵N-³¹P 5 mm PFG Probe, ¹H{¹⁵N-³¹P} 5mm PFG Indirect Detect Probe; Variable temperature (Faculty of Engineering: GGTC building)

Analytical

• 5977 Agilent GC/MS; Quad-EI, autosampler, double inlet, FID and NPD
• HP5890 GC with FID; HP-5 column, temperature programming, autoinjector
• Agilent 1200 series HPLC; DAD and fluorescence detector, quad pump, autosampler, temperature programmable column compartment
• Capillary Electrophoresis; various instruments with DAD or UVD, autosamplers, refrigerated sample compartment
• Elementar Total Organic Carbon analyzer with NDIR
• Magnetic susceptibility balance (Sherwood Scientific)

Spectroscopy

• Varian SpectrAA 220Z Atomic Absorption spectrometer; graphite furnace, Zeeman background correction, HC lamps for 20+ metals, autosampler
• Varian SpectrAA 20 Atomic Absorption spectrometer; flame ionization, HC lamps for 20+ metals
• Nicolet iS5 FTIR spectrometer; various sample holders and compartments including diamond ATR accessory
• Cary 8454 Diode Array UV-vis spectrometer; cuvette holder with stir bar, temperature control, kinetics software
• DU 800 Diode Array UV-vis spectrometer; flow cell, kinetics software
• Fluorescence spectrometer (Perkin-Elmer)
• Miscellaneous UV-Vis Spectrophotometers

Biochemical

• Gel Imager from Bio-Rad
• xMark Microplate reader
• Floor Model Incubator Shaker (heated and refrigerated)
• Superspeed Sorvall RC-5B centrifuge; refrigerated, various rotors
• Autoclave, PCR, gel electrophoresis apparatuses