The biochemistry equipment cluster includes an ultracentrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, various microcentrifuges, protein and nucleic acid gel electrophoresis equipment, thermal cycler, speed vac concentrator, -80ºC freezer, autoclave, luminometer, shaker/incubator and UV crosslinker.
The Goodrich Digital InGaAs IR camera allows photographs to be taken between 900 nm - 1700 nm.
The Agilent Technologies Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) allows the separation of volatile mixtures of compounds by gas chromatography and analysis of each component by mass spectrometry.
The Chemistry Department operates and maintains a state of the art Vacuum Atmospheres Nexus One inert atmosphere glove box. The glove box has moisture and oxygen sensors, variable speed dry train blowers, automatic computer controlled valve switching, low temperature freezer, cold well, atmosphere cooling unit, antechamber and mini antechamber, vacuum port, and automatic regeneration control.
The Perkin Elmer Spectrum 100 Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectrometer with the Diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance sampling accessory (FT-IR) uses infrared light to determine the functional groups in organic molecules.
The Agilent Liquid Chromatograph Accurate Mass Electrospray Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS TOF) separates mixtures of molecules using high performance liquid chromatography and accurately determines the mass of each one using the mass spectrometer.
The JEOL Eclipse+ 400 MHz multinuclear NMR is used to determine the structures of organic and organometallic molecules.
The Bio-Rad Personal Molecular Imager system is a high-resolution laser scanning system for radioisotopic imaging.
The Bruker Tracer III SD pXRF Spectrometer allows the determination of element composition of materials Aluminum and heavier on the periodic table.
The Hewlett Packard Company donated the UV-Visible Spectrophotometer to Washington and Lee University. This instrument measures the wavelength and intensity of near UV and visible light absorbed by a sample.