The Chemistry Department maintains a large array of advanced instrumentation. Students begin using equipment in the General Chemistry I course, CHE 111. The use of instrumentation to investigate chemical problems is continued through the curriculum in order to adequately prepare students for the workplace or for advanced education. In general, students are taught instrumentation at three levels 1) an exposure to the instrumentation and the kinds of problems that can be solved with it, 2) a method development level/ use of the instrumentation to solve chemical problems and, 3) a theory and troubleshooting level.
SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
![BIO100 UV/Vis BIO100 UV/Vis](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/UVVis.jpg)
BIO100 UV/Vis
![Olis Circular Dichorism Spectrometer Olis Circular Dichorism Spectrometer](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/IMG_0727.jpg)
Olis Circular Dichorism Spectrometer
![Bio-Rad Excalibur Series FTIR Bio-Rad Excalibur Series FTIR](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/Ftir-Biorad.jpg)
Bio-Rad Excalibur Series FTIR
![Agilent Technologies Cary 630 FTIR Agilent Technologies Cary 630 FTIR](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/Agilent-FTIR.jpg)
Agilent Technologies Cary 630 FTIR
![Fluorescence Spectrometer Fluorescence Spectrometer](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/Fluorimeter.jpg)
Fluorescence Spectrometer
![Rudolph Research Analytical Autopol I Automatic Polarimeter Rudolph Research Analytical Autopol I Automatic Polarimeter](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/AutopolI.jpg)
Rudolph Research Analytical Autopol I Automatic Polarimeter
![Perkin-Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer Perkin-Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/Aa.jpg)
Perkin-Elmer AAnalyst 300 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
![Bruker Avance 300 MHZ NMR Bruker Avance 300 MHZ NMR](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/BrukerNMR.jpg)
Bruker Avance 300 MHZ NMR
CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS
![Hitachi Instruments LaChrom2000 Hitachi Instruments LaChrom2000](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/Hitachi-HPLC.gif)
Hitachi Instruments LaChrom2000
![Varian 450 dual column GC with MS and FID detection Varian 450 dual column GC with MS and FID detection](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/VarianGCMS.jpg)
Varian 450 dual column GC with MS and FID detection
![Hewlett Packard 5890/5971 Bench top GC-MS Hewlett Packard 5890/5971 Bench top GC-MS](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/Gcms.jpg)
Hewlett Packard 5890/5971 Bench top GC-MS
![Tekmar LSC 2000 Purge and Trap Tekmar LSC 2000 Purge and Trap](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/PurgeTrap.jpg)
Tekmar LSC 2000 Purge and Trap
![Home Built Capillary Electrophoresis System with Fluorescence Detection Home Built Capillary Electrophoresis System with Fluorescence Detection](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/CE.jpg)
Home Built Capillary Electrophoresis System with Fluorescence Detection
![Three HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph Systems with TCD and FID detectors Three HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph Systems with TCD and FID detectors](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/GP-GC.jpg)
Three HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph Systems with TCD and FID detectors
ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
![BASi Epsilon Electrochemical Workstation BASi Epsilon Electrochemical Workstation](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/BASEchem.jpg)
BASi Epsilon Electrochemical Workstation
![EG&G Princeton Applied Research Polarographic Analyzer EG&G Princeton Applied Research Polarographic Analyzer](https://www.missouriwestern.edu/chemistry/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2017/12/EGG-Parr.jpg)
EG&G Princeton Applied Research Polarographic Analyzer
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENNT
AUTOMATATED DATA COLLECTION
- All laboratories are equipped with Microlab FS-522 data collection interfaces
COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS
- Gateway Server with an Intel Dual-Core processor running at 3.0 GHz, 8 GB of MD-RAM
- Home-built 32-processor server with 64 GB of HD-RAM
- GAMESS Computational Chemistry Software Package
- Gaussian 09 Computational Chemistry Software Package
- Gaussview
- AMBER 11.0 Computational Chemistry Software Package
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
- Sonics VibraCell Ultrasonic Processor/Cell Disruptor
- American Scientific Products Omnifuge RT Refrigerated Centrifuge
- Barnstead Ultrapure Water System
- Dry Box
- Schlenk Lines