Instrumentation and Equipment

One of the advantages of a chemistry or biochemistry education at Kutztown is the extensive hands-on experience with modern laboratory techniques. Throughout the chemistry and biochemistry curricula nearly every required major course has a laboratory component that is taught by faculty with at least a Master’s degree.

Techniques associated with some of the major courses within these curricula are outlined here. The links take you to a more detailed description of the instrumentation.

Student working on a atomic absorption spectrometer

Course Primary Equipment Used

Freshman

General Chemistry

Vernier equipment interfaced to PCs to collect Temperature, Absorbance of light, pH and Voltage

Spartan Molecular Modeling Software

Sophomore

Organic Chemistry

Infrared Spectroscopy
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography (GC) and GC-Mass Spectrometry
UV-Vis Absorbance
Spartan Molecular Modeling Software
Microwave Synthesis

Junior/Senior

Analytical Chemistry

UV-Vis Absorbance
Fluorescence
Atomic Spectroscopy
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
HPLC-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Gas Chromatography (GC) and GC-Mass Spectrometry
Capillary Electrophoresis
Potentiometry
Voltammetry

Junior/Senior

Biochemistry

UV-Vis Absorbance
Fluorescence
Gel Electrophoresis
Column Chromatography for Protein Purification
Centrifuges
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
RasMol Biomolecule Visualization software

Junior/Senior

Physical Chemistry

UV-Vis Absorbance
Bomb Calorimetry
Gas Chromatography
Fluorescence
Conductivity

Junior/Senior

Advance Inorganic Chemistry

UV-Vis Absorbance
Infrared Spectroscopy
Voltammetry
Spartan Molecular Modeling Software
Microwave Synthesis