{"id":2104,"date":"2022-08-30T15:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/?page_id=2104"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:52:57","slug":"facilities-and-equipment-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/facilities-and-equipment-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities and Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Bates Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is located in the Bonney Science Center.  This facility houses faculty offices, teaching and research labs, stockroom, and classrooms where most chemistry courses are taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buildings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bonney Science Center<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The latest new construction on Bates campus, the Bonney Science Center offers state-of-the-art lab spaces, equipment, and enhanced technology classrooms. Several faculty offices from the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, Biology Department, and the Program in Neuroscience are housed within Bonney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dana Hall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Having been recently renovated, Dana Hall was re-opened in August of 2022. Following the Bonney Science Center, Dana is equipped with new classrooms, lab spaces, and student write-up spaces to encourage collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spectrometers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Bruker Ascend 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with BBO probe \u2013 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jasco P-2000 polarimeter \u2013 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Perkin-Elmer LS-55 fluorescence spectrometer \u2013 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Thermo iCAP 6300 inductively coupled plasma \u2013 2010 (located in Carnegie Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Thermo Nicolet Nexus 670 FT-IR spectrometer with diffuse reflectance accessory \u2013 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Thermo iS5 FT-IR spectrometer with iD3 ATR \u2013 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Beckman-Coulter DU-800 UV-Vis spectrophotometer (1) with Isotemp 3006 temperature controller \u2013 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Agilent Technologies Cary 60 UV-Vis spectrophotometers (3) – 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Agilent Technologies Cary 3500 multi-cell UV-Vis spectrophotometer (1) – 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Chromatographs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Waters 1525 binary HPLC pump with 2998 photodiode array detector \u2013 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Waters 1525 binary HPLC pump with 2489 UV\/Vis detector \u2013 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dionex LC20 ion chromatograph, CD20 conductivity detector, GP50 gradient pump \u2013 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Hewlett-Packard 3D capillary electrophoresis system \u2013 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Waters Acquity Arc LC\/MS with QDa detector\u00a0– 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Agilent 5977 Series gas chromatograph system, Agilent 8890 mass selective detector – 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

       Other<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Rigaku X-Ray Diffractometer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Fujifilm Fluoro Image Analyzer FLA-5000 \u2013 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Spectra Physics Quanta-Ray Pulsed Nd:YAG laser \u2013 1992<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Spectra Physics Quanta-Ray PDL-3 pulsed dye laser \u2013 1992<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Market Forge Sterilmatic STMEL Autoclave \u2013 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • New Brunswick Scientific Co. reciprocal water bath shaker model R76(2) \u2013 1989, 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Princeton Applied Research Model 263A-1 Potentiostat\/Galvanostat \u2013 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Beckman TL-100 ultracentrifuge \u2013 1989<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Beckman Optima LE-80K ultracentrifuge \u2013 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Sorvall RC5C Plus superspeed refrigerated centrifuge \u2013 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • New Brunswick Scientific floor C25 incubator shaker \u2013 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • New Brunswick Scientific floor C25KC incubator shaker \u2013 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Johnson Matthey magnetic susceptibility balance \u2013 1996<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Parr 1451 solution calorimeter \u2013 1985<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Hi-tech SFA-11 stopped-flow apparatus \u2013 1985<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Isco supercritical fluid extraction apparatus, model 260D syringe pump \u2013 1990<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • ThermoScientific GenPure Pro milliQ system – 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • General instrumentation and equipment for analytical, organic, physical and biochemical laboratories, including several UV\/Vis spectrophotometers, gas chromatographs, vacuum systems, photochemical equipment, constant temperature baths, -80 freezers, standard taper glassware, hydrogenation equipment, electrophoresis equipment, pH meters, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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