| THE WALTER H. HOFFMAN DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
IS EQUIPPED WITH MANY STATE OF THE ART SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS:
More than $500,000 has been
spent for equipment in recent years, including the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR), Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS), High Performance Liquid
Chromatograph (HPLC), Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectrophotometer (FTIR),
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AA), Electrophoresis, Differential
Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), Ultracentrifuge, Polarimeter, and Fluorimeter.
These equipments are used for laboratory courses in Analytical Methods, Instrumental
Analysis, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry and undergraduate research projects. A broad list of instruments
is given below.
1. Varian Gemini 2300 NMR; 2. Rainin HPLC; 3. Milton Roy 601 UV/Vis; 4. CSC Nano Differencial Scanning Calorimeter; 5. Bio-Rad 550 Microplate Reader; 6. Perkin Elmer LS-50B Luminescence Spectrometer; 7. Perkin Elmer 341 Polarimeter; 8. HP 8452A Diod Arrray Spectrophotometer; 9. BAS CV-50W Voltametric Analyser; 10. HP 5890 SeriesII GC; 11. DGM 930 AA; 12. Gelman, Fotodyne and Hoeffer Electrophoresis; 13. HP EMF Digital Voltmeters; 14. Bauch & Lomb ABBE-3L Refractometers; 15. Harrison Research 7924T Chromototron; 16. Finnigan GCQ GC/MS; 17. Polyscience SR-6 Polarimeter; 18. Bio-Red Biologic LC System; 19. Milton Roy Refractometers; 20. Guildline Platinum Resistance Thermometers; 21. Perkin Elmer 1600 FTIR; 22. Fisher 210 Densitometer; 23. PSC CR6 Polarimeter; 24. Orian 960 Titrimeter; 25. Custom-made Conductance Equipment; 26. Buchi R-114 Rotavap; 27. Microtiter Plate Reader; 28. Beckman Ultracentrifuge; 29. Beckman Calorimeter; 30. Fisher Scientific Digital accumet 15 pH-meters; 31. Milton Roy Spectronic 20 Spectrometers and many many more. There are various applications for these instruments. These include: (1) determination of correct structural formulas (NMR), (2) quantitative determination of trace levels of metals in all types of materials and solutions (AA), (3) determination of net molecular charge as well as the electrophoretic mobility of protein and serum albumin (Electrophoresis), (4) quantitative analysis of the separation of mixtures or organic liquids and determination of molecular weight (GC/MS) and (5) identification of functional groups and determination of the principal structure of the unknown component (FTIR).
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