Laboratories and Laboratory Apparatus

Comprising one whole floor of the purpose-built George Knox laboratories, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences facilities are arguably on a par with those found in the industry. Students make full use of the laboratories during their studies and gain hands-on experience using the extensive analytical equipment.

Built to the latest standards of safety, our laboratories cater for moderate class sizes to ensure students receive a more personal practical experience.

All the laboratories are equipped with AV teaching equipment and have Wi­Fi coverage.

The laboratories comprise:

• A dedicated Organic chemistry laboratory.
• A combined Inorganic/Physical chemistry laboratory.
• Two very large general instrument laboratories that house some of the more routinely used analytical equipment (see below).
• A dedicated student research laboratory, used primarily by year three and year four students undertaking their significant research project.
• Two specialised laboratories for performing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

The more specialised techniques and equipment students will gain experience using throughout their studies include:

UV/Vis Spectroscopy:­

• Two Unicam UV/Vis spectrometers
• Two Cecil UV/Vis spectrometers
• Two Perkin Elmer Lambda UV/Vis spectrometers
• Two Perkin Elmer Lambda XLS UV/Vis spectrometers

Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy:­

• Four Perkin Elmer infrared RX 1 spectrometers
• Perkin Elmer Spectrum XII infrared spectrometer fitted with ATR sampling accessory

Fluorescence Spectroscopy:

• Jenway Fluorimeter

Optical Emission Spectroscopy:

• Varian ICP OES spectrometer

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy:

• Bruker Avance III 400 MHz NMR spectrometer

High­-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC):­

• Shimadzu LC 10 AS HPLC
• Hewlett Packard 1100 HPLC
• Perkin Elmer HPLC with Flexar LC platform
• Waters AcQuity UPLC­MS/MS

Gas Chromatography (GC):­

• Two Perkin Elmer Clarus 500 GCs

Mass Spectrometry:

• Varian GC Mass Spectrometer (GC model 450/Mass spectrometer model 450)
• Thermoscientific GC/MS/MS (Triple Quad Mass spectrometer, TSQ 8000)
• Thermoscientific ISQ Single quad with direct insertion probe

Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-­Ray Analysis:

• Carl Zeiss 1430 scanning electron microscope coupled with an Oxford Instruments INCA microanalyser

Other:­

• Flame photometer
• Joint Expert Speciation System ­ Chemical Environment Simulation Computer Programme
• Web interface package WebMO, utilising GAMESS­US and MOPAC (molecular modelling software)