Shared Instrument Laboratory

The Shared Instrument Laboratory (SIL) is part of the Department of Chemistry and houses a variety of instrumentation for chemical and material analysis. This instrumentation is available, for class and research use, to departments and organizations all across campus, throughout the UM System, and to the world at large (subject to the policies contained herein) .

The Shared Instrument Lab helps fulfill the Missouri S&T Strategic Plan by supporting Excellence in Research and Creative Works as well as Excellence in Engagement and Outreach. Dozens of S&T faculty (and dozens more graduate and undergraduate students) have availed themselves of the SIL, as have many undergraduate and graduate courses in Chemistry and other departments. We hope to help you also.

  • The autosampler on the QP-2020 GCMS pulls a sample from a vial.

Announcements

  • DSC, CHN analyzer indefinitely out of service due to water damage

    The theme song for today is an old classic; play this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZUE4_PtOk0 in the background while you read the rest of this post. A water leak on an upper floor caused a rainstorm on the floors below, including in the Shared Instrument Lab. The DSC and the CHN analyzer were impacted – quite literally –… Read more

  • Cary 50 has been replaced

    The Cary 50 UV-vis spectrometer has been out of service due to computer issues; the age of the system and the proprietary interface card make it quite difficult to support the instrument on modern computer hardware. The good news is that we’ve been able to replace the Cary 50 with a Cary 60 spectrometer! The… Read more

  • Lab closure due to planned power outage

    A campus power outage planned for Wednesday June 19th will impact Schrenk Hall; because the 19th is a university holiday, the Shared Instrument Lab will be closed from 4pm on Tuesday the 18th through 11am on Thursday the 20th, and all instruments will be shut down during that time. Neither the lab nor any of… Read more

  • Computer upgrades in process

    Over the next couple of weeks, the instrument host computers in the Shared Instrument Lab will be receiving upgrades. Consequently, there will be times when one or more of the instruments will not be available. Please check the instrument calendar in advance of your instrument need to be sure that the instrument you wish to… Read more

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