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Gas lines for spectroscopy
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Modified atmosphere gas flows
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300 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Service
Melting Point Apparatus
Digimelt MPA161
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Gallenkamp MFB 595 010M
Gas Chromatography
ATI Unicam 610 GC
Thermo Trace 1300 GC
Agilent 6850 GC
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Jasco
Agilent
Fluorimetry
Shimadzu RF-5301
Stopped-Flow
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pH Determination
Jenway 3505
Microscopy
Olympus BX40 Microscope
Viscometry
Brookfield RVDV-E Viscometer
Cyclic Voltammetry
PalmSens EmStat3
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Techniques
Basic Techniques
Using a lab book
General aspects of lab book use
What to write in your lab book
Reagent Tables
Exemplars
Assembling glassware
Location
Clamping
Stirring & heating
Videos (Assembling glassware)
Weighing & Measuring
Weighing solids
Using a measuring cylinder
Adding material to a flask
Videos (Weighing and measuring)
Pasteur Pipettes
Using a Pasteur pipette
Videos (Using a Pasteur pipette)
Cleaning glassware
Reaction Techniques
Workup
Use of a separatory funnel
Extraction and washing
Chemically-active extraction
Problems with extractions
Videos (Workup)
Reflux
Thin Layer Chromatography
General procedure
Visualising plates
Determining a solvent system
Issues
Videos (TLC)
Filtration
Vacuum Filtration
Sinter filtration
Buchner filtration
Hirsch Funnel
Receiving flasks
Videos (Vacuum Filtration)
Gravity Filtration
Microscale Filtration
Active Filtration
Drying
Rotary evaporators
Models and Instructions
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Cooling
Greasing joints
When to use grease
Applying grease
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Purification
Recrystallisation
Solvent Choice
Single-solvents
Mixed-solvents
Mother liquors
Problems with Recrystallisations
Videos (Recrystallisation)
Distillation
Mini-distillation
Fractional distillation
Steam distillation
Distillation Condensers
Videos (Distillation)
Flash Column Chromatography
Determining suitable separation conditions
Preparing & loading the column
Running & identifying fractions
Cleaning up
Videos (Flash Column Chromatography)
Microcolumns
Procedure (Microcolumns)
Videos (Microcolumns)
Solid Phase Extraction
Procedure (SPE)
Videos (SPE)
Quantification
Volumetric glassware
Using pipettes
Preparing solutions from Solids
Preparing solutions via dilution
Videos (Volumetric glassware)
Micropipetting
When to Use Micropipettes
Micropipetting Technique
Hints & tips
Videos (Micropipetting)
Air Sensitive
Balloons & Septa
Step by step process for purging a flask
Videos (Balloons & Septa)
Needles & syringes
Measuring volumes
Syringing under a modified atmosphere
Videos (Needles & syringes)
Using oven dried glassware
Schlenk Lines
Schlenk glassware
Setting up a Schlenk line
Shutting down a Schlenk line
Purging a Schlenk tube
Addition of solids to Schlenk tubes
Addition of liquids and solvents to Schlenk tubes
Reflux under an inert atmosphere
Moving solutions on a Schlenk line
Residual solvent removal
Videos (Schlenk Lines)
Gas lines for spectroscopy
Gas Sources
Line Setup
Filling IR cells
Emptying IR Cells and Shutdown
Modified atmosphere gas flows
Drying Tubes
Degassing solvents
Specialist
Soxhlet Extraction
Kjeldahl
Kjeldahl Digestion
Kjeldahl Distillation
Dean-Stark
Dean Stark Trap
Reverse Dean Stark Trap
Soldering
Instrumentation
Accessing instrument data
Infrared Spectroscopy
Bruker Alpha II
Perkin Elmer Spectrum 2
UV-Visible Spectroscopy
Thermo Genesis 180
Jenway 7415
Compact Photometers
Shimadzu UV-2600
Shimadzu UV-1800
NMR Spectroscopy
300 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Service
Melting Point Apparatus
Digimelt MPA161
Stuart SMP20
Stuart SMP30
Stuart SMP3
Gallenkamp MFB 595 010M
Gas Chromatography
ATI Unicam 610 GC
Thermo Trace 1300 GC
Agilent 6850 GC
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Jasco
Agilent
Fluorimetry
Shimadzu RF-5301
Stopped-Flow
Stopped-Flow Apparatus
pH Determination
Jenway 3505
Microscopy
Olympus BX40 Microscope
Viscometry
Brookfield RVDV-E Viscometer
Cyclic Voltammetry
PalmSens EmStat3
Magnetic Susceptibility
Sherwood Scientific Magnetic Susceptibility Balance Mk 1
Mass Spectrometry
X-Ray Diffraction
Chromatography Service
Elemental Analysis
Data Analysis & Reporting
Spectral Processing
Programming
Spreadsheets
Structures and Schemes
Inserting Symbols
Presentations
Style Guide
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Home
Techniques
Basic Techniques
Using a lab book
General aspects of lab book use
What to write in your lab book
Reagent Tables
Exemplars
Assembling glassware
Location
Clamping
Stirring & heating
Videos (Assembling glassware)
Weighing & Measuring
Weighing solids
Using a measuring cylinder
Adding material to a flask
Videos (Weighing and measuring)
Pasteur Pipettes
Using a Pasteur pipette
Videos (Using a Pasteur pipette)
Cleaning glassware
Reaction Techniques
Workup
Use of a separatory funnel
Extraction and washing
Chemically-active extraction
Problems with extractions
Videos (Workup)
Reflux
Thin Layer Chromatography
General procedure
Visualising plates
Determining a solvent system
Issues
Videos (TLC)
Filtration
Vacuum Filtration
Sinter filtration
Buchner filtration
Hirsch Funnel
Receiving flasks
Videos (Vacuum Filtration)
Gravity Filtration
Microscale Filtration
Active Filtration
Drying
Rotary evaporators
Models and Instructions
Videos (Rotary evaporator)
Cooling
Greasing joints
When to use grease
Applying grease
Videos (Greasing joints)
Purification
Recrystallisation
Solvent Choice
Single-solvents
Mixed-solvents
Mother liquors
Problems with Recrystallisations
Videos (Recrystallisation)
Distillation
Mini-distillation
Fractional distillation
Steam distillation
Distillation Condensers
Videos (Distillation)
Flash Column Chromatography
Determining suitable separation conditions
Preparing & loading the column
Running & identifying fractions
Cleaning up
Videos (Flash Column Chromatography)
Microcolumns
Procedure (Microcolumns)
Videos (Microcolumns)
Solid Phase Extraction
Procedure (SPE)
Videos (SPE)
Quantification
Volumetric glassware
Using pipettes
Preparing solutions from Solids
Preparing solutions via dilution
Videos (Volumetric glassware)
Micropipetting
When to Use Micropipettes
Micropipetting Technique
Hints & tips
Videos (Micropipetting)
Air Sensitive
Balloons & Septa
Step by step process for purging a flask
Videos (Balloons & Septa)
Needles & syringes
Measuring volumes
Syringing under a modified atmosphere
Videos (Needles & syringes)
Using oven dried glassware
Schlenk Lines
Schlenk glassware
Setting up a Schlenk line
Shutting down a Schlenk line
Purging a Schlenk tube
Addition of solids to Schlenk tubes
Addition of liquids and solvents to Schlenk tubes
Reflux under an inert atmosphere
Moving solutions on a Schlenk line
Residual solvent removal
Videos (Schlenk Lines)
Gas lines for spectroscopy
Gas Sources
Line Setup
Filling IR cells
Emptying IR Cells and Shutdown
Modified atmosphere gas flows
Drying Tubes
Degassing solvents
Specialist
Soxhlet Extraction
Kjeldahl
Kjeldahl Digestion
Kjeldahl Distillation
Dean-Stark
Dean Stark Trap
Reverse Dean Stark Trap
Soldering
Instrumentation
Accessing instrument data
Infrared Spectroscopy
Bruker Alpha II
Perkin Elmer Spectrum 2
UV-Visible Spectroscopy
Thermo Genesis 180
Jenway 7415
Compact Photometers
Shimadzu UV-2600
Shimadzu UV-1800
NMR Spectroscopy
300 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Service
Melting Point Apparatus
Digimelt MPA161
Stuart SMP20
Stuart SMP30
Stuart SMP3
Gallenkamp MFB 595 010M
Gas Chromatography
ATI Unicam 610 GC
Thermo Trace 1300 GC
Agilent 6850 GC
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Jasco
Agilent
Fluorimetry
Shimadzu RF-5301
Stopped-Flow
Stopped-Flow Apparatus
pH Determination
Jenway 3505
Microscopy
Olympus BX40 Microscope
Viscometry
Brookfield RVDV-E Viscometer
Cyclic Voltammetry
PalmSens EmStat3
Magnetic Susceptibility
Sherwood Scientific Magnetic Susceptibility Balance Mk 1
Mass Spectrometry
X-Ray Diffraction
Chromatography Service
Elemental Analysis
Data Analysis & Reporting
Spectral Processing
Programming
Spreadsheets
Structures and Schemes
Inserting Symbols
Presentations
Style Guide
Laboratory
Main Laboratory
Instrument Room
Foyer
Prep Room
Accessibility
3D Tour
Equipment
Fume Hood Lockers
Service Beams
Around the Lab
Glassware
General
Specialist
Joints, Adapters and Keck Clips
Staff
Safety
Risk Assessments
PPE
Waste Disposal
Fire and Fire Alarms
Accident Response
Sources of information
University
Journals
Suppliers
Databases
Submission Hub
HPLC
NMR
GC
Youtube Channel
Acknowledgments
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