Chemistry Labs

The Vose Hall chemistry labs were renovated in 2008. There are now four laboratories, including an Advanced/Research lab and an Analytical Lab. We are proud to house state-of-the-art analytical equipment for our students to get hands-on experience. 

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Research Lab

General Chemistry Lab

Advanced chemistry student performing an inorganic chemistry synthesis experiment.

Chemistry students performing a titration experiment.

Dr. Vogel and our new NMR instrument

Analytical Lab

Our new Analytical Lab allows OC students to have hands-on experience with state-of-the-art analytical instruments.

Capillary Electrophoresis - Agilent CE 3D

UV-Vis Spectrophotometer (UV-Vis) - Hewlett-Packard Model 8453

Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS) - PerkinElmer AAnalyst 200

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry (FT-IR) - PerkinElmer Paragon 1000PC w/ Horizontal Attenuated Total Reflectance Accessory (HATR) and w/ Diffuse Reflection Accessory (DRA)

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometry (FT-IR) - PerkinElmer Spectrum One w/ Horizontal Attenuated Total Reflectance Accessory (HATR)

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) - Agilent 1100 Series (w/ autosampler) w/ Diode Array Detector (DAD) and Refractive Index Detector (RID)

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) - Agilent GC 6850 Series (w/ autosampler) w/ Purge and Trap Concentrator and Agilent 5973 Network MS Detector

Raman Spectrophotometer - DeltaNu Advantage 200A

Fluorometer - Turner Designs TD-700

Water Purification - De-Ionized water piped to all laboratories - Purelab Option Reverse Osmosis Filter - Feeds PureLab UltraPure Water Purifier

Laboratory Preparative Ultracentrifuge, Beckman Coulter Optima L-100XP with 70Ti Rotor.