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Basic Education/Higher Education Science
and Technology Partnership

   

Chemistry Equipment

 

Gas Chromatograph   (8 Buck Scientific 310 Air Gas Chromatographs) 

 

operates with air as the carrier gas

catalytic combustion detector - made of Platinum Oxide

laptop computers and printers provided to operate instruments

 

 

 

 

 

High Performance Liquid Chromatograph   (1 Buck Scientific BLC-10 HPLC) 

 

very sensitive filter photometer for routing assays at most common wavelengths

complete with pump and injector - instant analyses

uses high quality, precision monochromatic-based spectrophotometer-provides full range analyses at 195 - 800nm wavelengths

laptop and printer provided to run instrument

 

 

Infrared Spectrophotometer   (1 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer or FTIR)

 

perfect for liquid and gas analysis of organics and polymers in plastics form

laptop and printer provided to run instrument

 

 

 

Infrared Spectrophotometer   (3 Nicolet IR100 FT-IR Spectrometer)

 

complete FT-IR system in one compact, easy to use package

can run powders, liquids, fabrics, plastics

system operates with EmcompassTM software

features high quality, color LCD screen

 

 

 

 

Smart Endurance   (3 Smart Endurance Accessory Diamond ATR)

 

option for samples that cannot be analyzed with traditional ATR

virtually indestrucible

single-reflection ATR, utilizes diamond crystal w/ ZnSe focusing element

small sampling plate requires smaller sample

 

 

 

 

Visible Spectrophotometer   (8 Spectronic 20 Genesys Spectrophotometers) 

 

compact, easy to use

houses up to date electronics and latest optical components

LCD displays for absorbance, transmittance, or concentration

operates at wavelength range 325 - 1100 nm

 

pH Meter   (10 Accumet AB15 Basic pH meters with ;H/ATC AG/AgCl Electrodes)   

 

features custom LCD screen and internal diagnostic capabilities

use for pH and titrations

includes Accumet liquid filled glass body combo pH Ag/AgCl electrode

  

 

 

 

 

Melting Point Apparatus   (10 Mel-Temp apparatuses)

 

include 0 - 400°C mercury thermometer

mobile educator uses 0 - 150°C  digital thermometer to eliminate mercury hazard

heats  and cools quickly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical Electrophoresis Cell   (2 Electrophoresis Cells)

 

cells capable of running 2 gels/unit

each gel can run 10 samples

cells hold gels in vertical position

                                                cells run protein samples only

 

 

HyperChem Lite   (10 HyperChem Lite Software Programs)

 

computer simulated molecular modeling software

loaded laptops and printers provided

must run CD to run program

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analytical Balance   (4 analytical balances, Mettler Toldeo AB204-S)

 

weighing range of 0 - 101 g

readability of  0.1 mg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top loading Balance   (6 Ohaus Portable Navigator Series Toploading Balances)

 

weighing range of 0-210 g

readability of 0.01 g

can be AC or battery powered (8 AA batteries)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vernier LabPro Interfaces   (27 Vernier LabPro Interfaces)

     

can be used with Windows or Power Macintosh computers

serial or USB capability

used with available Vernier probes and Logger Pro software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vernier Probes

probes: 16 voltage; 25 temperature; 9 DO

 sensors: 24 pH; 4 CO2; 20 gas pressure; 9 conductivity;

                                                                     8 EKG; 8 O2; 4 UVB

                              monitors, etc: 8 colorimeters; 8 respiration monitor belts;
                                                                     8 exercise heart rate; 8 radiation

 

 

Microscale Kits   (10 Kontes microscale kits)

 

contain glassware to perform experiments on "microscale" level

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dell Laptop Computers   (25 Dell Laptops)

 

Mini-Fluorometer   (4 TBS-380 mini-fluorometers)

 

dual channel, designed for quick, easy, accurate fluorescence measurements

actual concentration of an unknown can be determined if calibrated with a standard of known concentration

 

 

Gannon University
University Square ~ Erie, PA 16541-0001
Toll Free: 1-800-GANNON-U
Office of Admissions: (814) 871-7240
e-mail: admissions@gannon.edu