Chemistry Department Instrumentation
The Buffalo State College Chemistry Department is well-equipped with modern instrumentation suitable for most aspects of chemical analysis, forensic investigation, and material characterization. The following instruments are currently in use in undergraduate teaching and research laboratories, and the department regularly acquires new instrumentation.
Spectroscopy
- UV-Vis: HP 8543 , Unicam UV4, 4 OceanOptics fiber optic CCDs
- Fluorescence: PerkinElmer LS50
- FT-NMR: Bruker Avance 300
- FT-IR: BioRad FTS-40A, Mattson Galaxy 5000, Thermo-Nicolet Nexus 470, Thermo-Nicolet Avatar 370
- Step-Scan FT-IR: Bruker 66v/s FT IR with a Continuum Surelite II Laser pumping Nd600 dye laser on a Newport Optical Table
- Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption: PerkinElmer AAnalyst 800
- Flame Atomic Absorption: Thermo Jarrell Ash Smith-Heiftje 11
- Raman: OceanOptics R-2001
Separations
- GC-MS: Thermo-Finnigan Trace DSQ
- HPLC: HP 1050 w/ChemStation
- GC: HP 5890 (6), Varian 3800HP
Physical Characterizations
- IR Microscope: Thermo-Nicolet Centaurus
- Fast Kinetics: HI-TECH Scientific SFA-20
- Electrochemistry: Bioanalytical Systems CV-50
- Video Polarizing Microscope: Nikon Optiphot2 w/Sony video
- Video Stereo Microscope: Nikon SMZ-2T w/Sony video
- Comparison Microscope: American Optical
- Polarimetry: Atago Polax-2L
- Elemental analysis: Carlo Erba CHNS Analyzer
- Viscometer: Brookfield RVT-1
Biochemical
- Centrifuge: Beckman J2-HS, Beckman L-80 Ultracentrifuge
- Electrophoresis: BioRad Protein and DNA Gel Apparatus
- Gel Documentation: BioRad Gel Doc 2000
- Thermal Cycler: MJ Research DNA Engine
Other
- Molecular Modeling and Visualization: SGI Workstation with HyperChem, Spartan, ChemOffice, and CSD database
- Glove Box: Vacuum Atmospheres
- Mercury analyzer: PerkinElmer MHS 15
- Photochemical Reactor: Rayonet, Hanovia
- Computers: 2 student labs with 10 computers