Facilities and Instrumentation:

Laboratories

The Department of Chemistry and Physics at Armstrong Atlantic State University is housed in a 129,000ft2 state of the art science center opened in June 2002. Facilities include:
 
2 General Chemistry Laboratories 6 Chemistry Faculty Laboratories
1 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory 1 Electromagnetism Laboratory
1 Instrumental Laboratory 1 Optics Laboratory
1 Organic Laboratory  1 Electronics Laboratory
1 Inorganic Laboratory  1 Modern Physics Laboratory
1 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 1 Mechanics Laboratory
1 Biochemistry Laboratory  1 Geology/Physical Science Laboratory

Major Equipment

All equipment is housed in the Science Center. The equipment is controlled and maintained by the Department of Chemistry and Physics. Numerous networked computers are also available for data analysis and word processing.
 
 
 
Equipment
Model
Date of Purchase
     
FT Infrared Spectrometer
Perkin-Elmer Spec. One
1999
 
Perkin-Elmer RXII
1998
     
Gas Chromatographs
Gow-Mac 350
1999
 
Hewlett-Packard 6890
1998
 
(FID and TCD detectors)
 
     
HPLC
Hewlett-Packard 1100
1998
 
(UV-Vis Detector)
 
     
GC/MS
Hewlett-Packard 6890
1999
 
Hewlett-Packard 6890
1995
     
Spectrophotometers
Hewlett-Packard 8453
1999 & 2003
 
Perkin Elmer Lamba 3B
1986
     
Polarimeter
Rudolph A12630
1999
     
Capillary Electrophoresis
Beckman-Coulter
1999
     
Spectrofluorometer
Shimadzu RF1501
1999
     
NMR Spectrometer
JEOL 300MHz
2002
 
Hitachi 1200
1992
     
Atomic Absorption
Buck Sci. 210 VGP
1999
     
Pyris TGA6/DSC6
Perkin Elmer
2002
     
Mag. Susc. Balance
Alfa Aesar
2002
     
Epi-Fluorescence Microscope
Westover
2003
     
Scanning Tunneling Microscope
NanoScience
2003
     
75W High Pressure UV-Lamp
Oriel
2003
     
He-Ne Laser – Class II
Metrologic
1995
     
He-Ne Laser – Class III
Metrologic
1995