Welcome to the instrumentation facility website. We have sixteen analytical facilities housed in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, of which six separation systems, three atomic spectrometers, five molecular spectrometers and two miscellaneous analytical devices, are shown below.
GC and GC/MS
Gas Chromatography: We have two GC systems. Both are Shimadzu GC -17AAF, one of which is equipped with FID detector and another is equipped with FID and ECD detectors.
Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometer: Shimadzu QP5050A equipped with EI & PCI & NCI ionization sources
LC and LC/MS
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC): Dionex DX500 with GP50 gradient pump and AD20 absorbance detector.
Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometer (LC/MS): Dionex micro. HPLC with Thermo Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
Ionic Exchange Chromatography (IC): Dionex DX-120 IC with an AS40 autosampler. This device has both cation and anion exchange columns.
Atomic Spectroscopy
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS): Perkin Elemer’s atomic absorption spectrometer AAnalyst 300.
Mercury Analyzer: Perkin Elmer’s Flow Injection Mercury/ Hydride Analyses (FIMS)
Inductive Coupled Plasma (ICP): Perkin Elmer’s Inductively Coupled Plasma 4100.
Molecular Spectroscopy (I)
Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Perkin Elmer’s Fluorescence Spectroscopy LS55
Ultraviolet – Visible Spectroscopy: HP 8453 Ultraviolet – Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis)
Molecular Spectroscopy (II)
Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTIR): Perkin Elmer’s FTIR (Spectrum One)
Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTIR) with Microscopy: Nicolet Avatar FTIR combined with Nicolet Centaurus Microscopy from Thermo Electron Scientific Instrument
Molecular Spectroscopy (III)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: JEOL 300MHZ Eclipse + FT NMR with 5mm FG/TH tunable probe.
Miscellaneous:
Thermal Analytical Device: Perkin Elmer’s Thermogravimetry / Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TGA/DSC)
Electroanalytical Device: Voltammetric Analyzer
Langmuir – Blodgett Trough: NIMA Technology’s LANGMUIR-BLODGETT TROUGHS
