The Todd Wehr Chemistry building, which opened in 1967, is one of the buildings comprising the Wehr Science Complex on the Marquette campus. The six-story chemistry building provides 100,000 square feet of research space equipped with the modern instrumentation required for chemical research. As noted in other locations in this web site, extensive renovations to the building have begun.
Some of the instrumentation belongs to the department while some belong to individual research groups.
NMR spectrometers (newly reconfigured)
- Varian 300 MHz
- 400 MHz
- 600 MHz
- Mattson and Nicolet Fourier transform infrared spectrometers
- Two UV-Vis spectrometers
- Fluorimeter
- Polarimeter
- HP GC-MS
- Other smaller equipment
Additional support facilities include staffed electronics and machine shops. You will see in the individual faculty web sites the identification of most of the equipment held by individuals.
The department has an impressive array of lasers in several research labs:
- A state-of-the-art Raman Spectroscopy facility houses four complete Raman systems utilizing Kr ion, Ar ion, He:Cd, Nd:YAG and dye lasers with PMT, ICCD, and diode array detection.
- The laser analytical facility includes krypton ion, argon ion, and F-center lasers used in ultrasensitive instrumentation for chemical analysis and chromatographic detection.
- The Chemical Dynamics Laboratory is equipped for the study of gas-phase reactions with an excimer laser, frequency doubled dye laser, and tunable infrared diode lasers.
Other equipment
- Cameras in the Spectroscopy Laboratory enables analysis of a variety of materials.
- We are also well-equipped for studies on polymer degradation and fire retardancy, holding two thermogravimetric analyzers, one of which is coupled to an infrared spectrometer, enabling TGA-FTIR studies; a differential scanning calorimeter; a Brabender mixer and a Cone calorimeter.
Access to the Raynor Memorial Libraries resource catalog is available from numerous computers in the chemistry building. Free, unlimited computer time is available to students and faculty across campus including the Raynor Memorial Libraries. There are various locations listed on the IT Services Web site for computer access. In addition, there are many state-of-the-art PCs throughout the chemistry department.
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