Facilities
Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory (UEBL)
The UEBL, located on the first floor of Smith Hall, is a collaborative effort between the departments of biology, chemistry, and physics, astronomy, and geosciences, and supports student and faculty research in these departments as well as the environmental science program.
Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory
Major Equipment
The majority of instrumentation in the chemistry department is located in Smith Hall 513 and 515. These shared instruments are used by students and faculty in laboratory courses and research.
Major EquipmentShared Departmental Instruments
| Instrument Type | Model & Features |
|---|---|
| CD Spectrophotometer | Jasco J-815 |
| Elemental Analyzer | Elementar Vario III (CHNOS) |
| Fluorometer | Jobin-Yvon Fluoromax 4 |
| FT-IR Microscope | Centaurus with Nexus 670 spectrometer |
| FT-IR Spectrometer (3) | Nicolet 320/360/670 |
| GC-MS (2) | Agilent 7890a with 5975C MS and autosampler |
| Genetic Analyzer | Applied Biosystems 3500 |
| HPLC | Agilent 1200 (DAD and fluorescence) with autosampler and fraction collector Agilent 1260 (DAD) with thermostatted autosampler |
| ICP-MS | Thermo PQ ExCell with autosampler GBC OptiMass 9500 with Cetac LSX-213 laser ablation and cryocell |
| Ion Chromatograph | Dionex ICS-5000 with dual anion/cation capability and autosampler |
| NMR | Jeol 400SS 400 MHz with autosampler |
| qPCR | Applied Biosystems ABI Prism |
| SEM | Phenom ProX with EDS |
| UPLC-MS/MS | Waters Acquity H-series with Xevo G2-XS qTOF |
| UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (5) | Varian Cary 50/60/100 |
| XRF |
Bruker AXS S4 Explorer (wavelength-dispersive) Bruker AXS S2 Ranger (energy-dispersive) |