Chemistry Equipment

  • Theint Aung uses the atomic absorption spectrometer to analyze samples of lead paint.

  • Prof. Craig Teague instructs Julie Hoang in the use of the FT-IT spectrometer.

  • Prof. Charley Liberko explains the principles behind the gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer.

  • Aburough Abegesah loads samples into the HPLC.

  • Jihang Wang uses the ICP-optical emission spectrometer to study trace levels of metals in water.

  • Margot Brobst explains the use of the Raman spectrometer.

  • Ani Sledgianowski and Ari Penalva use two of the UV-Vis spectrophotometers in Analytical Chemistry.

  • The Bruker Avance 400 NMR spectrometer, installed in May of 2015.


Equipment you'll get to work with at Cornell

  • AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometer), PerkinElmer AAnalyst 200
  • AFM (Atomic Force Microscope), Asylum Instruments MFP-3D Origin+
  • Fluorometer/UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Horiba Duetta
  • FT-IR (Fourier-Transform Infrared) spectrometer, Thermo Nicolet iS5
  • FT-IR spectrometer, Bruker Vertex 70 with far-IR, temperature control, and spectroelectrochemistry capabilities along with multiple sampling options
  • GC/MS (Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer), Agilent 5975C/6850 with autosampler
  • HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatograph), Agilent 1100 with diode-array detector and autosampler
  • ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer), PerkinElmer Avio 220 Max
  • NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectrometer, Bruker Avance 400 MHz with BB Gradient Probe 19F, 31P-109Ag, temperature control, and autosampler
  • Raman spectrometer, DeltaNu
  • UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Agilent Cary 60
  • UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Agilent 8453
  • UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Varian Cary 50, including temperature control
  • Voltammetry equipment, PalmSens EmStat3
  • XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) spectrometer, Thermo Niton XL3t
  • Electrophysiology equipment: traditional rig with bilayer clamp amplifier BC-535 (Warner) and Digidata 1550B (Axon); Orbit mini (4 channels with temperature control, Nanion)
  • Low-pressure chromatography systems
  • Multiple miniature emission spectrometers
  • Environmental aquatic sampling equipment