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

  • Reservation automation repaired (fingers crossed)

    The automation for the reservation request system is now repaired. The bad news is that reservation requests will be handled in batch fashion once every ten minutes, so from the time a reservation request is submitted until the time it is handled may be that long. The good news is that you will still use… Read more

  • Calendar kludge in place, reservation automation still broken

    With the campus sunset of Google Calendar, the existing calendar and the automation of the reservation system are broken. Using calendars on a personal Gmail account, we have provided a way to post instrument reservations online so that you, dear user, are able to easily see whether or not the instrument you wish to use… Read more

  • Calendar frozen, reservation system down

    Despite our protestations well in advance – and without a viable alternative being made available – Google Calendar has been shut off. The instrument reservation calendar is still viewable on this site, but the content is now static (nothing can be added). With Calendar as well as Gmail being shut off, the instrument reservation system… Read more

  • New battery backups, temporarily n-1

    Battery backups were recently installed on some of the instruments in room 140; we have learned over the years that a UPS is a prudent insurance policy. Sadly, the one for the DSC appears to have failed this morning, and failed in a way that suggests that replacement will be needed. In the short term… Read more