Bates College Chemistry Department

With support from the Kresge Foundation, Dana Chemistry Hall was constructed in the center of campus in 1965. The departments of chemistry and biochemistry utilize this historic building which has undergone significant renovations in 1994 and 1998-present. Additional lab and office space was added in 1994. A current three year renovation project includes the replacement and addition of several hoods and renovations of introductory chemistry, biochemistry, and inorganic chemistry labs. The department has space devoted to lab equipment including a laser room, two NMR spectroscopy rooms, and a computer lab. In addition, each professor has space allocated for the research they perform with senior thesis students each year. A sampling of the lab facilites are shown below.

Renovated Inorganic Chemistry and Biochemistry Labs

Organic Chemistry Lab

Computer Lab (Workstations support SPARTAN, a powerful molecular modeling software package.)

A typical faculty research lab

Spectrometers

Bruker 400MHz NMR spectrometer with BBO probe, variable temperature control unit, gradient shimming accessory and automatic sample changer
Varian EM 360L NMR spectrometer (60 MHz) with spin decoupler and variable temperature probe
Hitachi 60 MHz NMR spectrometer
Thermo Jarrell Ash Video 11E aa/ae atomic absorption spectrophotometer, IL755 furnace atomizer, fastac II
Perkin-Elmer 2380 atomic absorption spectrophotometer
Thermo Nicolet Nexus 670 FT-IR spectrometer with diffuse reflectance accessory
Perkin-Elmer 1310 infrared spectrophotometers(2)
Perkin-Elmer LS-5 fluorescence spectrophotometer
Kratos Fluoromat FS 950 fluorometer
Perkin-Elmer Optima 3000XL inductively coupled plasma with array detector
JEOL JES-TE 100 electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer with Oxford cryostat
Beckman DU-64 UV/Vis spectrophotometer
Beckman DU-65 UV-Vis spectrophotometer with temperature controller
Beckman DU-640B UV-Vis spectrophotometer with isotemp 1013P temperature controller

Chromatographs

Hewlett-Packard 6890 Series gas chromatograph system, HP 5973 mass selective detector, Gerstel TDS thermo desorption system
Hewlett-Packard 6890 Series gas chromatograph system, HP 5973 mass selective detector, autosampler accessoy
Hewlett-Packard 5880A gas chromatograph(with capillary column and thermal focusing capabilities)
Dionex LC20 ion chromatograph, CD20 conductivity detector, GP50 gradient pump
Hewlett-Packard 3D capillary electrophoresis system
Beckman system gold liquid chromatograph, 127 nm solvent module, 166 nm detector
Beckman 112 solvent delivery module HPLC, Beckman 421A controller, Beckman 163 variable wavelength detector, Beckman 156 refractive index detector
Beckman 110B solvent delivery module(2), Beckman model 153 UV detector, Hewlett-Packard 3390A integrator
Perkin-Elmer Series 100 pump/Perkin-Elmer Tridet system 1 isocratic HPLC

Other

Spectra Physics Quanta-Ray Pulsed Nd:YAG laser
Spectra Physics Quanta-Ray PDL-3 pulsed dye laser
Barnstead/Thermolyne Corp. Sterilemax table top steam sterilizer
New Brunswick Scientific Co. reciprocal water bath shaker model R76(2)
Princeton Applied Research Model 263A-1 Potentiostat/Galvanostat
Princeton Applied Research Model 174A polarographic analyzer
Beckman TL-100 ultracentrifuge
Beckman L5-50 ultracentrifuge
Sorvall RC2-B refrigerated centrifuge
Sorvall RC-5 superspeed refrigerated centrifuge
New Brunswick Scientific floor C25 incubator shaker
Johnson Matthey magnetic susceptibility balance
Parr 1451 solution calorimeter
Hi-tech SFA-11 stopped-flow apparatus
Isco supercritical fluid extraction apparatus, model 260D syringe pump
General instrumentation and equipment for analytical, organic, physical and biochemical laboratories. This includes several UV/Vis spectrophotometers, gas chromatographs, vacuum systems, photochemical equipment, constant temperature baths, standard taper glassware, hydrogenation equipment, electrophoresis equipment, pH meters, etc.