Instrument Details

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

The QP-2020 is a single-quadrupole GCMS system and includes a high-end autosampler capable of liquid, headspace, and SPME injections.

(New in 2018)

Key contact: Mr. Satterfield, davesat@mst.edu

A workhorse TGA.

(Gifted to the SIL by the Van De Mark group in 2021; new computer in 2019)

Key contact: Mr. Satterfield, davesat@mst.edu

This DSC can do standard and modulated experiments

(New in 2010, new computer in 2019)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

This popular instrument features a built-in ATR accessory for quick, no-sample-prep analyses. The main sample compartment can accommodate the usual accessories (e.g., a gas cell – provided by the user). This instrument is outfitted with an automatic beamsplitter exchanger and dual light sources and can access the near and far IR in addition to the standard mid-IR range. (The ATR will go down to 100cm-1 and the main sample compartment can theoretically be used down to 50cm-1; far-IR in the main sample compartment requires a change of windows.) Use of the built-in MCT-B detector requires the user to provide LN2.

(New in 2019)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

This slick and sensitive benchtop NMR may not have the resolution of its higher-field cousins across the hall, but it is fast and will acquire 1H, 13C, and 19F data, plus multidimensional homo- and heteronuclear data.

(New in 2016, new computer 2022)

Key contact: Mr. Satterfield, davesat@mst.edu

A dual beam UV-vis spectrometer with expanded spectral range and 10 orders of magnitude of dynamic range. Sample accessories include diffuse reflectance, specular reflectance, and an integrating sphere.

(New in 2018, new computer 2021)

Key contact: Mr. Satterfield, davesat@mst.edu

The Cary 60 UV-vis is a workhorse single-beam spectrometer and delivers good data over the 200-800nm range with 6 orders of magnitude dynamic range. A heated cuvette holder is available. We also have a HiTECH Scientific (now TgK Scientific) stopped-flow kinetics accessory which can be used with the Cary 60. (It may also work with the Cary 5000 but we haven’t tried it.)

(Acquired used in 2024, was new in 2017; the computer was acquired in 2021 and received an upgrade in 2024. It is currently running Windows 11.)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

This very capable instrument will do excitation as well as emission scans and also excitation emission maps (which do take some time). With triple light sources it can also measure long and short (nsec) lifetimes. In addition to the standard cuvette holder we have a thermostated cuvette holder, a front-face sample holder, and an integrating sphere. The 450nm picosecond laser for lifetime measurements can be replaced with a compatible laser provided buy the user for lifetime measurements at different excitation wavelengths.

(New in 2018, new computer 2021)

Key contact: Mr. Satterfield, davesat@mst.edu

This high-intensity UV source isn’t just for curing but can be used for other experiments where broad-spectrum UV light is needed.

(New in 2007)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

Another old but solid piece of instrumentation, this balance will measure the magnetic susceptibility of solid and liquid samples (in sample tubes provided by the user).

(New sometime before 2000…)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

Digital polarimeter with small-volume sample cell.

(New in 2009, refurbished in 2021; new computer 2021)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

Ease of use and precision data – what’s not to like? The Kern polarimeter is illuminated by a sodium lamp. The 200mm sample cell takes more sample than the other polarimeter, and because it is not all-glass some caution must be exercised with respect to what solvents are used, but this classic instrument works well.

(New a long time ago, as evidenced by the crinkle finish)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

With its integral tungsten lamp, the Mk II will quickly and precisely deliver refractive index data for your liquid samples. (A sodium lamp is available should you wish to use it.)

(New sometime before 2000…)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

It may be old, but this digitally-controlled melting point apparatus is perfectly functional.

(New sometime before 2000…)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

This HPLC has a binary pump, autosampler with cooling, column oven, and a diode array detector; it is controlled by Chromeleon software. It is set up for reversed-phase chromatographic separations; users are expected to provide their own columns and eluents. (Note that Waters-branded columns will require adapters to mate with the Viper fittings in the column oven.)

(New in 2021)

Key contact:  Dr. Leigh, leighn@mst.edu

Donated by Brewer Science in 2021

Currently deceased…