Lab Instruments

The ability of a chemistry and biochemistry department to deliver a contemporary curriculum can be measured by its instrument holdings. This is especially true in the laboratory where it is essential that students have access to current instruments and methods. The Faculty of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at SFSU firmly believes in student access to all contemporary instrumentation, both in the instructional and research laboratory settings. Only by using instrumentation in the laboratory can students gain an appreciation of the theory and an understanding of how the instrument is useful in chemical and biochemical systems. The following list of instruments highlights our major holdings and represents an exceptional cache of contemporary chemical and biochemical instrumentation available to our majors.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers
GE 300 MHZ QE-PLUS NMR Spectrometer equipped with 1H/13C switchable probe and a Variable Temperature Unit (1986)
Bruker DRX 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer equipped with:  three channels; GRASP gradient spectroscopy accessory; variable temperature unit  (1995)
The following probes:  5 mm QNP Probe (1H; 13C; 19F; 31P) with shielded z-gradient coil, 10 mm multinuclear probe with digital tuning (109Ag - 31P), 5 mm inverse probe (1H observe with broadband decoupling coil tunable from 109Ag to 31P) with shielded z-gradient coil (1995)
Grasp gradient spectroscopy accessory (1995)
Varian EM360 NMR Spectrometers (2)

Mass Spectrometers
Finnigan LCQ ion trap mass spectrometer (1996)
Teledyne 3DQ ion trap mass spectrometer with various air
 sampling inlets (1995)
Teledyne 3DQ ion trap mass spectrometer with HP 5890 GC
 and various air sampling inlets (1995)
Finnigan ITS40 ion trap mass spectrometer with varian 3400
 GC inlet (1995)
Finnigan ITD ion trap mass spectrometer with HP 5790 GC inlet (1995)
MS 5971A with HP 5890 GC inlet
Finnigan LCQ Electrospray Mass Spectrometer (1997)

Mass Spectrometer Air Sampling Accessories
ORNL real-time air module for direct sampling ion trap mass spectrometry (1995)
ORNL water purge module for direct sampling ion trap mass spectrometry (1995)
Tekmar model 5100 thermal trap conditioner (2 of these) (1995)
Tekmar model 6000 Aerotrap thermal desorber (2 of these) (1995)
Tekmar model AeroCan air concentrator (2 of these) (1995)
Environics model 2014 computerized gas dilution system (1995)
Schott model GS312 gas sampler (2 of these) (1995)

Infrared Spectrometers
Perkin Elmer 137B, 197, 735, 700 and 710 IR Spectrophotometers
Nicolet DX20 FTIR Spectrometer
Nicolet Magna 550 FTIR Spectrometer (1994)
                   
Ultraviolet/Visible (UV/VIS) Spectrometers
Varian DMS 200 and DMS 300 Spectrophotometers
Varian 17D Recording UV Spectrophotometer
Beckman 25 Recording UV/VIS Spectrophotometer
Beckman DU Spectrophotometer with precision temperature control
Gilford 240 UV VIS Spectrophotometer with digital readout
Shimadzu UV 2101 PC UV VIS Spectrophotometer
Varian SF-330 Spectrofluorometer
Cary 1 Bio UV-Vis spectrophotometer (1997)

Miscellaneous Spectrometers
ATI Unicam Solaar 929 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer with carbon furnace attachment (1997)
Durrum Stopped-Flow Photometer with Computerized Data Processing
Perkin Elmer 241 Polarimeter
Varian SF-330 Spectrofluorometer
Varian E-12 EPR Spectrometer (for X and K  band operation)  with flowing N2 and He temperature controllers. 
Varian E-3 EPR Spectrometer
Instrument Laboratories Model 143 Flame Photometer
Sofica Light Scattering Instrument


Chromatographs
Beckman 334 HPLC system with Pharmacia Fraction collector
IBM 5933 HPLC system with 9001 computer and 9505 auto sampler
Rainin Gradient System 20 TI HPLC system
Rainin Gradient Inert HPLC System
Waters Assoc. HPLC system
HP 5890A and HP 5890 series II GC
Other Assorted Vapor Phase and Liquid Phase Chromatographic Equipment
Analytical/Preparative electrophoresis Equipment
Liquid Chromatography system, Biorad Econo System
Rainin Gradient Inert HPLC System
Hitachi Series 6500 HPLC with auto sampler and UV/VIS detector (1997)
BioRad Biologic FPLC  (1997)
Perspective BioRad HPLC (1997)

Miscellaneous Equipment
Parr Fraction Collectors (5) with UV monitors
Hydrogenator
Microhydrogenation System
Sargent Models 15 and 21 Polarographs
Magnetic Susceptibility Apparatus with versatile laboratory electromagnet
Beckman L2 65B and L8 70M Ultracentrifuges
Beckman J 21C Preparative Centrifuge, Refrigerated
Muffle and Tube Furnaces with Programmable Temperature Controller
DuPont RC 5B and 2 RC 5C Refrigerated Centrifuges
Parr High Pressure Reactor
Dry Boxes (3)
Semi-micro Digital Electrobalances (2)
Radiometer Automatic Titrator, pH Stat
IL213 Blood Gas Analyzer
Cold Room Facility and Cold Box
Lyophilization Apparatus
AlphaServer 400 workstation for XAS data analysis, Digital Equip. Corp. (1997)
LeCroy LC334A Digital Oscilloscope (1998)
LeCroy 9310A Digital Oscilloscope (1995)
Fluke model PM3070 oscilloscope (2 of these)
SRS model DS345 function generator (2 of these)
Variable Wavelength HPLC Monitor, ISCO V4
Refrigerated Table Top Centrifuge, DuPont RT6000B 
Ultraviolet-Visible Monitor, ISCO UA-6
Molecular Devices Microplate Reader. Thermomax (1995)

Computers
Multiflow Trace 14/300 Micro supercomputer (shared, CSU)
Sun 4/110 workstation
Sun Sparcstation 1 workstation
IBM 39H Workstation (1996)
SGI Octane Workstation (1997)
(3) SGI  O2 "Modeler" Workstations, R10000 CPU (1997)
Octane Workstation, R10000 CPU. (1997)

Lasers
PTI PL202 Dye Laser
PTI PL 2300 N2 Laser

In cooperation with the Biology Department:
1. Beckman Models L and L3 50 Ultracentrifuges
2. Packard Model 3320 Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer
3. JEM Model T6S Electron Microscope
4. Storm Model 840 Phosphoimaging system

Radiochem facilities and equipment
1. Beckman Model Ls 250 Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer
2. Geiger counters (teaching)
3. Data processor for Northern Scientific Pulse Weight Analyzer
4. Multichannel analyzer
5. Ten curie Neutron Source, with Howitzer (suitable for teaching and some research)