Physical Sciences Teaching and Research Instruments

Eastern's Physical Science programs have a wide range of modern laboratory instruments that are used for research and teaching. Following is a partial list of instruments available for use by ENMU students.

Nicolet Magna 560 FT/IR
Varian EM-360 NMR Spectrometer
Shimadzu QP-5000 GC/MS
Varian 3700 Gas Chromatograph (+HP Integrator)
HP 8453 UV/Vis spectrometer
Waters & ISCO HPLC systems
Buck 210VGP Atomic Absorbance spectrometer
PAR 273A Potentiostat/Galvanostat
PAR 2263 Advanced Electrochemical System
Rayonet Photochemical Reactor
Norlake Cold Room
Beckman J2-21 Centrifuge
FTS Cold Finger and Cooler
Rotary Evaporators
Electrophoresis (Biorad)
Drying Ovens (Atmospheric & Vacuum)
Barnsted EasyPure RF Water Polisher
Scanning Electron Microscope
JVAR X-ray Fluoresence Spectrometer (XRF)
Phillips X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)

Instruments available in the shared NIH-BRIN Biological Structure-Function Core Facility include:

Perkin-Elmer Lambda 35 UV/Vis spectrometer
Bioflo 110 Fermentor/Reactor
Environmental Chambers
LabLine CO2 Incubator
ThermoSpectronic French Cell Press
Hitachi Sovall 110SE Centrifuge

Research conducted by Eastern's chemistry faculty include undergraduate and graduate projects in:
Computational chemistry
Electrochemistry
Life in extreme environments
Metallo-proteins
Organic synthesis
Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization
Polymers

For further details on research projects conducted by chemistry faculty, see the individual faculty member's Web page.