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Department Facilities and Equipment

The Department of Chemistry at Boise State University possesses a wide variety of modern equipment and instrumentation. The facilities and equipment are a cornerstone in carrying out the academic mission and furthering the collective research of the faculty.

Facilities

Computer Learning Center - The Chemistry Department possesses a networked laboratory that is dedicated for use by students enrolled in chemistry courses. This computer lab contains 48 workstations for general student and research use, as well as several servers assigned to computational chemistry, spectral analysis, web services and e-mail services.

General Laboratories - The Chemistry Department's laboratories are located primarily on the third floor of the Science and Nursing building. There are four 18-student general chemistry laboratories, two 18-student organic chemistry laboratories, one 18-student analytical chemistry laboratory, two laboratories dedicated to upper division and research, and numerous other research laboratories.

Other Resources - The College of Arts and Sciences maintains an instrument repair/machine shop. The Simplot-Micron Instructional Technology Center provides media support including film production and satellite television. Other Boise State University departments conducting research relating to Chemistry include Biology, Engineering, Geosciences, Math and Computer Science, and Physics. Federal and state government laboratories in Boise and vicinity conducting research or work relating to Chemistry include the Veterans Affairs Hospital and Research Center, State of Idaho Laboratories, including the Agriculture Department's labs, the Health and Welfare Department lab, the Transportation Department's Material Testing lab, and the State Police Crime lab. MSTI (Mountain States Tumor Institute) is a privately endowed institution supporting basic and applied research. Private industries in Boise and vicinity conducting research or work relating to chemistry include the many branches of Micron, and Hewlett-Packard. There are also machine shops, glass blowing shops, and analytical laboratories in the Boise area.

Instrumentation and Equipment

In addition to the computer equipment mentioned above, virtually all departmental instruments are interfaced to modern computers and associated software. A summary of departmental instrumentation follows. Numbers in parenthesis (#) indicate more than one instrument exists. See also http://www.boisestate.edu/biology/brc/resources.htm for additional shared use instrumentation.

Instrument

Models/Descriptions

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

Thermo Elemental Solar AAS with graphite furnace and cold vapor capabilities

Autoclave

Harvey Sterile Max Steam Sterilizer

Bomb Calorimeter

Parr plain jacket oxygen

BSLII Cell Culture Hoods

Nuare Cell Culture Hood (2)

Capacitance Manometers

MSK 127A-head PDR-C-2C, digital readout (2)

Cell disrupters

1.  Misonix Sonicator 3000
2.  Heat Systems Sonicator Ultrasonic Processor

Chromatography Refrigerators

Fisher Isotemp (2)

CO2 Incubator

Nuare DHD Autoflow CO2 Air-Jacketed Incubator

Electron Paramagnetic Spectrometer

Bruker ESP 380E CW Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Spectrometer

Field Flow Fractionation

Flow, Thermal, and Electrical

Gas Chromatographs

1.  Hewlett-Packard 5890 (3)
2.  Hewlett-Packard 5730A

Glove Box

Mbraun Unilab Glove Box

Imagining System

UVP Multidocit Imaging System

Incubator Shakers

1.  New Brunwick Scientific C24 Incubator Shaker
2.  Lab-Line Orbit Environ-Shaker

IR Spectrometers

1.  Galaxy series model 6020 FTIR
2.  Precision Analytical RFX-40 FTIR
3.  Thermo Nicolet Nexus 670 FTIR E.S.P.

IR Spectrometer Modules for the Thermo Nicolet Nexus 670 FTIR

1.  Thermo Nicolet FT-RAMAN Module
2.  Thermo Spectro-Tech Continumm IR Microscope

Lasers

1.  Spectrophysics femptosecond system
2.  Nitrogen PTI PPL 2300 and dye PTI PL201 with A/D interface
3.  Optic table and Support CO2 Tac II model 215G
4.  Calibration peripherals

Light Scattering
           

1.  Wyatt Dawn DSP Multi-Angle Light Scattering
2.  Precision Dynamic Light Scattering
3.  Wyatt MiniDawn

Liquid Chromatographs

1.  Agilent 1100 Series with auto-sampler, quad-gradient elution pump, degas module fluorescence and UV/Vis photodiode array detectors
2.  Dionex Ion Chromatograph with Dionex gradient elution pumps (2), Dionex SRS controllers (2), Dionex Conductivity detectors (2), and an eluent degas module

Mass Spectrometers

1.  Hewlett-Packard Model G1800A GCD system
2.  Finnigan 3200 GC/MS

Microcalorimeter:

Microcal VP-ITC Microcalorimeter

Microplate Readers:

1.  Varian Cary 50 MPR
2.  Millipore Cytofluor 2350
3.  BioTek Synergy HT

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

Varian Mercury 300, coupled with a Sun UltraSparc 10 workstation, broadband probe, and pulsed field gradients

Polargraphic Analyzer

1.  EG&G Princeton Applied Research Model 384D
2.  ECO Inc. components

Polarimeter

Jasco P-2000

Potentiostats/Galvanostats

1.  Solartron 1280B Electrochemical Workstation
2.  EG&G PAR model 263
3.  EG&G PAR model 273A

Refrigerated Centrifuges
           

1.  Sorvall Evolution RC with SLA-3000 & SS34 rotors
2.  Beckman L8-70M Ultracentrifuge with Type 45 Ti and SW 28 rotors

Solvent purification system

Custom built in-house and is used for CH3CN, THF, CH2Cl2, and ether)

Spectrofluorometer

1.  Varian Cary Eclipse with PCB 150 water Peltier system
2.  Olis DM 45 with UV/Vis Capability

Speed-vac Concentrator/Vacuum System

Savant SC110A/UVS400

Stopped-Flow Mixer

Olis USA Stopped-Flow

Surface analyzer

TMA QuikScan multiangle laser light scattering (MALLS)

Thermocycler

MJ Research Minicycler

Ultra-low Freezers

1.  Isotemp Basic -80°C Ultra-low
2.  Revco Ultima II -80oC

UV/VIS Spectrophotometers

1. Hewlett-Packard Model 8453 diode array
2. Varian Cary 100 Bio (2)
3. Varian Cary 50 Bio (2)
4.  Perkin Elmer Lamba 35

Vacuum vapor deposition

Pelco model PAC-1 Advanced Coater