| UNCA's
Chemistry Department is located in the Rhoades-Robinson Science complex.
This facility was completed in 1988 and houses all eight of the
university's science departments. Many of Chemistry's laboratories are
newly renovated and all were designed to provide for close, personal
interactions between students and their professors. Although interaction
is inevitable, each student has his or her own individual space to
conduct undergraduate research.
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Gas chromatograph
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High-field NMR
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UNCA's
Chemistry laboratories contain state of the art equipment that is
completely integrated into both the teaching courses and research.
Students are not simply exposed to the various techniques that are
available from this instrumentation, they are expected to operate it. |
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the time a chemistry major graduates they will have learned to operate
and become proficient in the use of the department's instrumentation,
including the Gemini 2000 high field NMR, Shimadzu 5000 GC/MS, infrared
spectrometers, an HPLC, chromatotrons, and atomic absorption
spectrometers. |
GC-MS
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X-ray powder diffraction
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Access
to and use of more highly specialized instrumentation, such as the x-ray
diffractometer, or work with gas-phase photolysis or Mossbauer
equipment, is also possible should a student choose to focus their
studies in a more specific area. |