Otterbein’s new state-of-the-art Science Center opened in October 2009.
The $20 million project modernized and expanded the existing facilities
and purchased new equipment. With over 96,000 square feet of brand new,
discipline-specific laboratories, research space and classrooms,
including a state-of-the-art greenhouse, the Science Center houses
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Equine Science, Biology and Earth Science,
Nursing, and Physics and Astronomy.
The Department of Chemistry is well-equipped with the tools required to
carry out cutting-edge research. Instrumentation is introduced early on
and used in all courses:
- Bruker Fourier 300 MHz NMR - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer
- Bruker SMART X2S X-ray Diffractometer
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Molecular Devices fMax Fluorescent Microtiterplate Reader
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GE Pharmacia AKTA Prime Protein Chromatography Workstation
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GE Pharmacia Amersham Biotrak II Visible Range Plate Reader
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Mixonix Sonicator 3000
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Refrigerated Centrifuges (5)
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Nanosurf EasyScan Scanning Tunneling Microscopes (6)
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Nanosurf Atomic Force Microscope
- Hewlett Packard 8452A Diode Array UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
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Ocean Optics USB2000 UV and Visible Spectrophotometers (6)
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Spectra Physics HPLC
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Nima Technologies Langmuir-Blodgett Trough
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Fisons Instruments GC8000/MD800 Gas Chromatograph / Mass Spectrometer
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Jobin-Yvon LabRam HR800 Dispersive Raman Spectrometer (532nm and 633nm lasers)
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Jobin-Yvon Ramanor Raman System (Lexel 95 Argon Ion laser, 488nm and 514.5nm)
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Johnson-Mathey Magnetic Susceptibility Balance
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Labconco Delta Series Class II Biosafety Cabinet
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Milton-Roy Spec 20D+ Spectrophotometers (6)
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Nanosurf EasyScan Scanning Tunneling Microscope (6)
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Parr 1672 Bomb Calorimeter with Thermistor Probe and PC interface
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Perkin Elmer Autosystem XL Gas Chromatograph
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Perkin-Elmer Lambda 2 UV-visible Spectrometer (2)
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Perkin-Elmer LS50B Fluorimeter with 96-well Microplate Reader
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Perkin-Elmer 1600 FTIR Spectometer
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Rigaku MiniFlex II Powder X-ray Diffractometer
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TA Instruments DSC 2010 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
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Tektronix TDS 420A-XL Digital Oscilloscope
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Thermo Finnigan Gradient HPLC with Diode Array Detector
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Thermo Jarrell Ash TraceScan ICP Atomic Emission Spectrometer
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Thermo Jarrell Ash AAScan-1 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (with graphite furnace)
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Thermo Nicolet 380 FT-IR Spectrometer