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
  
  
  
  
  

M-Braun 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 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)
  
  

Other Instrumentation

• Bruker FT Raman 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