Chemistry Facilities at Ursinus College - Instrumentation

Announcements

• Millipore polished water system is available in Pfahler 301. (Last Update: 17 February 2000)
• A default method called "scandef.m" has been made on the 5890/5971 GC/MS.  This method has many of the settings that you might want want to use in a method where you want the mass spectrometric detector to scan.  Feel free to modify it for your needs but save it under a different name if you do. (Last Update: 12 October 1999)
• A syringe cleaner has been purchased and can be found in the hood in Pfahler 310 (Schultz/Williamsen research laboratory).  (Last Update: 4 October 1999)
• Equipment to prepare liquid and mull IR samples can be found in the Analytical laboratory (Room 301).  Included in this room are pneumatic presses on the far wall and salt plates, KBr, mineral oil and other IR sampling supplies next to the hood on the wall farthest from the Physical Chemistry laboratory. (Last Update: 7 September 1999)
• Microbalances with minimum capacities of a hundredth or thousandth of a milligram are found on the balance table on the far wall of the Analytical Chemistry laboratory (Room 301).

• Instrument Resources (Last Update: 20 February 2001)
  • A listing of the instruments (and their capabilities) that are found within the Ursinus College Chemistry Department
• Instrument Instructions (Last Update: 20 February 2001)
  • Simple instructions written by Ursinus students and faculty for a number of instruments within the department
  • Transmittance curves for spectrometer cells
• Instrument Room Guidelines (Last Update: 17 February 2000)