Research Instrumentation

The Chemistry Department is in Nobel Hall of Science and has eight research laboratories, some of which are shared between two groups, dedicated to year-round research activity.

Current Chemical Instrumentation for Research at Gustavus Adolphus College

  • Peristaltic Pumps
  • AKTA Prime
  • 7673 Autosampler System w/5890 Control (for GC/MS)
  • Cary 50 UV-Vis Spectophotometers
  • Buck Scientific - model Cecil CE2041 UV-Vis spectrometer
  • Agilent 7700x ICP-MS
  • Nitrogen generator
  • HORIBA Jobin Yvon Fluoromax-4 fluorescence spectrophotometer
  • FRAC 920 Fraction Collector
  • Varian 320 LC/Triple Quad MS system
  • Varian 210 HPLC gradient elution system
  • Dionex ICS-1000 Ion Chromatograph
  • HP(Agilent) 5890/5970 GC/MS
  • HP 5890 GC (FID)
  • Varian 3000 GC (ECD)
  • Varian/Cary 100 UV-Vis
  • Perkin-Elmer 201 Fluorimeter
  • Nicolet 560 FTIR (MCT detector)
  • Bruker Tensor 27 FT-IR (DTGS, reflectance samples)
  • Shimadzu TOC-V Organic Carbon Analyzer
  • a Visualiation and Imaging Center (description)
  • Pine Instruments Bipotentiostat
  • YSI Model 32 Conductance meter
  • Linux 16-node computer cluster (molecular modeling, available on the network)
  • Nanosecond Nd:YAD laser system
  • Rayonet RPR-100 Photoreactor
  • Varian Gemini 2000 300 MHz FT-NMR with a multinuclear probe
  • Li-Cor DNA sequencer
  • Fuji LAS-3000 CCD imager
  • Packard Cyclone Phosphorimager
  • Beckman LE-80K Ultracentrifuge