Our Facilities

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The Chemistry Laboratories are industry-grade facilities that support chemical synthesis and measurement activities associated with undergraduate and graduate courses and projects.

Our faculty, staff and students use state-of-the-art resources, pursue cutting-edge research and train in complex chemical theory to positively affect policy and practice related to materials, forensic, toxicological, metrological and environmental chemistry.

Our Equipment

Mass Spectrometry

SCIEX Triple Quad™ 3500 LC-MS/MS System

• • • • • • • • • • • Mass Range: 5-2,000 Da
                    • Ionization: Electrospray Ionization (ESI) and Atmospheric Pressure
                    • Polarity Switching: 50 msec in MRM and Scheduled MRM modes
                    • Detector Type: AcQuRate™ Pulse Counting CEM
                    • Scan Types: Q1 MS, Q3 MS, Product Ion, Precursor Ion, Neutral Loss or Gain, MRM

 

 

MALDI-TOF/TOF – microflex® LRF

• • Laser type/wavelength: Nitrogen cartridge laser MNL106, 337 nm
  • Minimum number of shots: 6*10⁷ shots
  • Ion acceleration: Up to +20/-20 kV
  • Effective flight path: 105 cm
  • Resolution Peptide: > 2,000 for Bombesin (m/z 1,619.8) FWHM
  • Resolution Protein: > 450 for Protein A (m/z 44,613) FWHM

 

 

SCION 456 GC-MS/MS System

Analyzer- MS Specifications

• Scan modes: Full Scan, Precursor Ion Scan, Product Ion Scan, Neutral Loss Scan, Selected Ion Monitoring (SIM), Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM)
• Ionization mode: Electron Ionization (EI) as standard
• On source: Auto-aligning ion source constructed of inert materials

Gas Chromatograph

• Injectors: Split/Splitless
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Autosampler
                                      • GC Oven Temp: +4 – 450°C

Microscopy

NMR

Gravametry

Infrared Spectrometry

Laboratory Photos