This spring the department introduced two new spectrometers to our student laboratories. The Jasco FT/IR-4700 is a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer that can probe the vibrational modes of samples. It comes with a single reflection ATR attachment for easy study of liquids. We also have two gas cells that are compatible with the instrument. IR spectrometers are used extensively in the sophomore organic chemistry courses but they see use in other advanced courses as well. We also added a third UV-visible diode array spectrometer (Cary 8454) from Agilent Technologies and upgraded both the software and operating systems for our other two diode array spectrometers. These instruments are heavily used in the junior/senior biochemistry laboratory course and also in our two biochemistry research labs.
