Department Facilities
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Lethbridge features excellent access to modern analytical techniques. Instrumentation includes:
NMR Spectroscopy
- 500 MHz Varian with solution and solid state, as well as multinuclear and variable temperature capabilities
- 300 MHz Bruker Avance II (ultrashield) with multinuclear (auto-tuning) and variable temperature capabilities
X-Ray Crystallography
- Bruker-Nonius Diffractometer for macromolecules
- Bruker AXS SMART APEX II for small molecules
MBraun Solvent Purification System
- Dry, oxygen free solvents available at the turn of a knob
- Eliminates the need for dangerous (and time consuming) stills
- 8 solvents (pentane, heptane, benzene, toluene, acetonitrile, methylene chloride, diethyl ether and THF)
Infrared & Raman Spectrometry
- Bruker Tensor 37 FT Infrared Spectrometer
- Bruker Vertex 70 FT Infrared Spectrometer (equipped with Ram II FT Raman Module)
- Bruker Alpha FT Infrared Spectometer (can directly analyze solids or liquids without sample preparation)
- Bruker FT Raman Spectrometer
Other Instrumentation
- Varian 715-ES ICP Optical Emission Spectrometer
- Varian Cary 50 Bio UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
- Varian Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
- BioRad DuoFlow HPLC
- MicroCal Isothermal Titration Calorimeter
- Picker Flow Microcalorimeter
- High Temperature and Pressure Densimeter
- BAS CV-50 Electrochemistry Workstation
- Pharmacia FPLC
- Perceptive-Perfusion Chromatograph
- Biacore X Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrometer
- Protein Solutions Dynamic Light Scattering Device
