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Instrumentation

The Department of Chemistry and Forensic Scienceis well equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. The instrumentation is housed in a centralized instrumentation room and is used for teaching and chemical research. 

If you have collaborative needs to use our equipment, please contact the Instrument Specialist Tracy Gastineau-Stevens to schedule an appointment for training and discuss consumables if applicable.

Spectroscopy / Microscopy

  • (1) JEOL ECS 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer
  • (1) Biotek Synergy 2 UV-vis Plate Reader
  • (4) Agilent 8454 UV-Vis Spectrophotometers
  • (6) Perkin Elmer and Cary UV-visible Spectrometers
  • (1) Varian Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrometer
  • (1) First Defender Raman Handheld Spectrometer
  • (1) Jordan Valley XRF EDX-6600
  • (1) Thermo S-series AA Spectrometer with Autosampler
  • (4) Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 FTIRs: 2 with Diamond ATR and Microscopes
  • (2) Thermo Nicolet Summit FTIR Instruments
  • (1) Agilent 5100 SVDV ICP-OES with Autosampler

Microscopy

  • (1) Hitachi FlexiSEM 1000 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS)
  • (1) Hitachi Probe Station Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) 5000II
  • (17) Leica Polarizing Light Microscopes
  • (17) Leica Stereoscopes
  • (4) Comparison Microscopes

Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry

  • (2) HP 6890 GC-FID
  • (2) Thermo Focus GC-TCD
  • (1) Thermo Focus GC-FID
  • (1) Agilent 1100 HPLC with DAD Detector
  • (1) Varian GC-MS (3800 GC with 2000 Saturn MS) with Pyrolyzer
  • (1) Perkin Elmer Clarus 560S GC-MS
  • (1) Thermo Scientific LTQ XL Mass Spectrometer that can be interfaced to Dionex Ultimate 3000 LC using electrospray or nanospray (DART/DESI ionization also available for the LTQ)
  • (2) Bio-Rad Gel Electrophoresis 2D System

Miscellaneous

  • (2) Beckman Coulter, High Performance Centrifuge, Avanti J-E
  • (2) Buchi Rotary Evaporator System (w/ vacuum pump), R-215
  • (1) Milestone Ethos UP Microwave Digestion
  • (2) CHI 400B Potentiostats
  • (1) MBraun Labmaster 130 Glovebox
  • (1) UVP Gelstudio Touch Gel Documentation System

Gas Chromatography-Flame

Ionization Detection

Gas Chromatograph –

Mass Spectrometry

Fourier Transform Infrared

(FT-IR) Spectroscopy

Fluorescence

Spectroscopy

Liquid Chromatography –

Mass Spectrometry

Plate

Reader

Comparison

Microscope

Light Microscope/

Stereoscope

UV-Vis

Spectroscopy

Gas Chromatography – Mass

Spectrometry with Pyrolyzer

Atomic

Absorption (AA)

Microscopy

Department of Chemistry & Forensic Science


521 Lancaster Ave
NSCB 4126
Richmond, KY 40475
Phone: (859) 622-1456
Fax: (859) 622-8197
chemistry@eku.edu

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