FACILITIES

The chemistry facilities are located in the recently-renovated Dana Science Center. The space includes teaching laboratories, instrument labs, and individual research labs used in faculty-student collaborative research. The department houses a wide variety of modern research-grade instruments that are rountinely used by students in laboratory experiences and in independent research. Students and faculty in the department also use the Physics Machine Shop and the Skidmore College Microscopy Imaging Center (SMIC).

Major Equipment in Chemistry

Spectroscopy:

• Fiber optic spectrometer [Ocean Optics]
• Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer [Nicolet]
• Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) [SpectroAnalaytical]
• Scanning spectrofluorimeters [Shimadzu and SPEX]
• Luminscence lifetime spectrometer [Photon Technologies]
• Ultraviolet-visible diode array spectrophotometers [Hewlett-Packard and Agilent]
• Scanning ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer [Cary and Shimadzu]
• 300 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer [JEOL]
• Single wavelength visible spectrophotometers
  

Chromatography:

• Gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) [Hewlett-Packard]
• Gas chromatograph (GC) [Hewlett-Packard]
• High performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) [Shimadzu]
• Ion chromatograph (IC) [Dionex]
  

Preparative:

• Two walk-in cold rooms
• Two refrigerated preparative centrifuges
• Microwave reactor for organic synthesis
• Microwave sample digester
• Deep freezer (–45 °C)
• Refrigerators and freezers
• Ovens
• Controlled temperature baths and chillers
  

Other:

• Ultrasonic levitator [custom equipment constructed in the Physics Machine Shop]
• Scanning tunneling microscope (STM) [Burleigh]
• Digital gel scanner
• Solution calorimeter [Parr]
• Bomb calorimeter [Parr]
• Molecular modeling software
• Microbalance [Cahn]