The Buffalo State Chemistry Department is well-equipped with modern instrumentation suitable for most aspects of chemical analysis, forensic investigation, and material characterization.
Spectroscopy
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UV-Vis: Agilent 8543, Shimadzu UV-2600 (2), Shimadzu UV-1800 (4)
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Fluorescence: PerkinElmer LS55
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FT-NMR: Bruker Avance III HD 400
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FT-IR: Thermo iS50, Thermo-Nicolet Nexus 470, Thermo iS10, Thermo-Nicolet Avatar 370
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Step-Scan FT-IR: Bruker 66v/s FT IR with a Continuum Surelite II Laser pumping Nd600 dye laser on a Newport Optical Table
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Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption: PerkinElmer AAnalyst 800
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Raman: Thermo DXR microscope
Separations
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GC-MS: Agilent 7890/5975C, Thermo-Finnigan Trace DSQ
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HPLC: Agilent 1260 (2)
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GC: Agilent 7890, Shimadzu GC-2014 (2)
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LC-MS: Dionex UltiMate 3000 w/Thermo Exactive (Orbitrap mass analyzer)
Physical Characterizations
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IR Microscope: Thermo-Nicolet Centaurus, Nicolet Nic-Plan
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Electrochemistry: Gamry Reference 600, Bioanalytical Systems CV-50
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TGA: Shimadzu
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DSC: Shimadzu
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XRD: Bruker D8 Quest
Biochemical
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Centrifuge: Beckman Coulter Avanti J-E HPC
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Electrophoresis: BioRad Protein and DNA Gel Apparatus
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Gel Documentation: BioRad Gel Doc XR+
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Thermal Cycler: MJ Research DNA Engine, BioRad T100
Forensic
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Compound Comparison Microscope: Leica FS-2500
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Bullet Comparison Microscope: Leica FS-M
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Optical microscopes: lab equipped with 24 student stations (Leica)
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Questioned documents: Foster-Freeman VSC-6000
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DNA analysis: Life AB 3500
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Refractive Index Determination: CRAIC rIQ
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Microspectrophotometer: CRAIC 308 PV UV-vis-NIR
Others
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Glove Box: Vacuum Atmospheres
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Photochemical Reactor: Rayonet, Hanovia
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Bomb calorimeter: Paar 6200
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Solution Calorimeter: Parr 6755 (2)
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Karl-Fischer: Mettler-Toledo C20XKAR
Computers
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Lab with 24 computers
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Molecular Modeling and Visualization: Workstation with Gaussian, Spartan, ChemOffice, and CSD database