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The majority of instrumentation in the Chemistry Department is located in Smith 513/515.

Departmental instruments include:

  • Varian E-12 X-Band EPR
  • Jobin-Yvon Fluoromax 4 spectrofluorometer
  • Centaurus FTIR microscope (with Nexus 670 spectrometer)
  • Thermo SOLAAR S4 atomic absorbance spectrometer
  • HP 6890/MSD5973 GC-MS with autosampler
  • Dionex DX120 ion chromatograph
  • Shimadzu LC-20 HPLC (diode array and fluorescence detection) with autosampler
  • Applied Biosystems 3100 Avant genetic analyzer
  • Applied Biosystems ABI Prism DNA sequencer
  • Nikon LV-100 polarizing fluorescence microscope
  • five (5) UV/Vis spectrometers
  • three (3) FTIR spectrometers
  • Instruments shared with Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences Department:

  • Thermo Elemental ICP/MS with laser ablation unit and autosampler
  • Bruker AXS X-ray fluorescence spectrometer
  • Bruker D8 Discover powder X-ray diffractometer
  • For a more complete list, please click the major instrumentation link below.

    Major Departmental Instrumentation

    Resources

    Department of Chemistry
    Smith Hall 543
    Towson University
    8000 York Road
    Towson, MD 21252