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Lycoming Chemistry Facilities and Equipment


The Heim Building viewed from the southeast.

The Department of Chemistry has occupied the $10 million Heim Biology and Chemistry building, one of the finest undergraduate science facilities in the East, since 1990. The three-level building has over 63,000 square feet and houses  the Departments of both Biology and Chemistry.
 
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The Department has excellent instrumentation.  We possess state of the art Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR, National Science Foundation grant, 1998) and Mass Spectrometric (MS, National Science Foundation and Dreyfus Foundation grants, 2000) facilities, a Glovebox and high quality Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-VIS) instrumentation (all three from National Science Foundation grant, 2001).  The department also possesses three capillary Gas Chromatographs (GC), a High Pressure liquid Chromatograph (HPLC), a polarograph, and a polarimeter.

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Major Equipment

as of October  2004

ITEM (Number) 

MAKE / MODEL

YEAR

Spectrometers 

 

 

AA 

PE 373

1978

FT-IR

Thermo Electron IR 100

2002

FT-NMR

Bruker Avance DPX300

1999

UV-VIS

Cary Bio 50

2002

Visible (9) 

B&L Spectronic 20

1976, 82, 92

Spectroscope 

Griffin

1991

Chromatographs 

 

 

GC/MS

ThermoFinnigan PolarisQ MS, Trace GC

2001

GC, Capillary, FID

HP 5890 

1989

GC

Varian 3700

1982 (used)

HPLC, Modular, Gradient

Waters M510 pump, 991 PDA detector, Millenium control 

1995

HPLC, Gradient 

ABI Analytical (Kratos)

1995 (used)

Electrochemical 

 

 

Electrochemical Analyzer

BAS Epsilon Electrochemical Analyzer

2005

Polarograph, with electrode 

EG&G PARC 264A-3, 303A SMDE

1990

DC UV/Picoammeter 

Boonton 95A 

1987

pH/ISE meters (3) 

Orion 701, Fisher Accument 25 

1974, 78, 93

pH meters (2) 

Orion 520 

1986

Balances 

 

 

Analytical electronic, 0.1 mg (4) 

A&D HA-180M 

1993

Analytical electronic, 0.1 mg (4) 

A&D 180 

1986-87

Analytical electronic, 0.01 mg (2) 

A&D 182 

1987

Mechanical analytical, 0.1 mg (7) 

Mettler H, B 

pre-1970

Top-loading, electronic, 0.01 g (7) 

Sartorius; A&D; Fisher

1983-1996

Significant Software 

 

 

CAChe (3)

Oxford Molecular

1998, 2000

Kaleidagraph (26)

Synergy Software

2001

Millenium Chromatography 

Waters

1995

Chem Office (3)

Cambridge

2001

Schakal '92 (Crystallography)

Universität Freiburg

1996

SHELXL '93 (Crystallography)

Sheldrick

1996

Miscellaneous 

 

 

Abbe refractometer 

B&L

pre-1970

Aspirator pump (3) 

Cole-Parmer 

1992, 93

Calorimeter, Bomb 

Parr 1221 

1970

Calorimeter, Solution 

Parr 1451 

1978

Centrifuge 

IEC NH 

pre-1970

Constant Temperature Bath 

Blue M 

1988

DuNuoy Ring Tensiometer 

CSC Scientific

1990

Electroanalyzer 

Eberbach

pre-1970

Electronic Equipment 

M-E/Heath Lab Station 

pre-1970

Electronic Integrator (2)

HP 3394, HP 3396 

1988

Electronic Integrator (2) 

SpectraPhysics SP 4290

1993 (used)

Electron Microscope 

ISI Super II 

1987 (used)

Kugelrohr Apparatus (2)

Aldrich 

1990, 2001

Glove Box

MBraun Labmaster 130

2002

Melting Point Apparatus (11)

Thomas-Hoover (5); Mel-Temp II (6) 

1976, 90, 97

Microscope, Polarizing 

Leitz 

1995 (used)

Oscilloscope 

Tektronix 535-56 

1981 (used)

Oven, convection 

VWR 

1986

Oven, Microwave

Sharp, R203B

1999

Oven, gravity (4) 

VWR, Thermolyne, Precision 

1984, 85, 95

Oven, vacuum 

Napco 

pre-1970

Polarimeter 

Polyscience SR-6 

1991

Recorder/Plotter, digital

Linseis LY 1900 PL 

1990

Recorder, single pen, 10-50 mV 

Linear 1200 

1978

Recorder, two pen, 1 mV – 5 V 

Linear 1202 

1987

Rotary Evaporator (6) 

Buchi RE 111 

1987,89, 93, 97

Schlenk Line (4) 

The Glassblowers 

1995, 96, 97

Syringe Pump 

Sage Instruments

1992

Vacuum Pump (5) 

Sargent-Welch, Alcatel 

1970, 96, 97

Vacuum Line 

Kontes

1992

Water Purifier (3)

Labconco Water-Pro (1), Barnstead B-pure (2)

1990, 2000

Viscometer  

Brookfield DV II 

1989


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