Chemistry Research Laboratory (Room 403)

One research laboratory is shared by all students working with the research-active faculty in the Chemistry department. Chemistry faculty direct undergraduate students (of all majors) and master’s students (typically concentrating in Chemical Engineering) in research. Research students are typically either working on an independent study basis or completing research for a master’s thesis. 

The research laboratory is equipped with a single fume hood, two sinks, a safety shower, two drop vents (point exhausts), two eye wash stations and a rated fire extinguisher. Rated storage cabinets are available, as well as a refrigerator and freezer for temperature-sensitive reagents and samples. Other equipment in the laboratory includes a microbalance, two centrifuges, a UV lamp, an atomic force microscope (AFM), two electrochemical potentiostats, sonic dismembrator, a particle size analyzer using dynamic light scattering, and a UV/Vis spectrophotometer.

In addition to the equipment and glassware in the research laboratory, all of the instruments used in the instrumental analysis and organic chemistry laboratory courses are available for student research (but supervision by one or more of the chemistry faculty is required).

Stockroom (Room 403)

The stockroom is staffed by a full-time stockroom technician and one or more student employees who serve as assistants. The technician orders chemicals and equipment, prepares necessary primary standards, and creates reagents and “unknowns,” in safely deliverable quantities and containers. The stockroom is equipped with 2 fume hoods, 2 sinks, and a high- grade analytical balance. The stockroom staff can also prepare blocks of dry ice as needed. A working ice machine is located next to the stockroom. A full stock of analytical and preparative glassware is available within the laboratory.