Facilities and Technology

At Elmhurst University, you’ll find the resources you need to complete a thorough, comprehensive and varied education.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry houses five modern teaching laboratories, several small instrumental rooms, a chemical stockroom, a student computer lab, and several faculty/student research laboratories. We also share the use of several multimedia classrooms.

As the technology of scientific study evolves, so does Elmhurst. We constantly implement new upgrades of our facilities to help you stay on the leading edge of research and study.

Major Instrumentation

Spectroscopy

Bruker Avance 300-MHz FT-NMR Spectrometer
Perkin-Elmer R24B NMR Spectrometer upgraded for FT-NMR
Perkin-Elmer 403 AA Spectrophotometer
Perkin-Elmer LS 55 Flourescence Spectrophotometer
Nicolet iS50 FT-IR System, with libraries
Hewlett Packard 8453 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
Thermo Scientific Genesys 105 UV-VIS Spectrometer (2)
Spectronic Genesys 20 Visible Spectrophotometer (10)

Chromatography

Hewlett Packard 1800A GCD Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer
Waters Associates HPLC/Ion Chromatograph (2 Systems)
Gow-Mac 69-350 Gas Chromatograph

Computers for Student Use

Computer Classroom/Lab with 21 networked PC computers
Small student access computer Lab with 12 computers
First-Year Student Lab with Vernier Data Collection Probes interfaced to laptops
24 laptops to create a mobile computer lab out of any classroom
Wireless access throughout Schaible Science Center

Miscellaneous

EC Epsilon Potentiostat/Galvanostat
CEM Microwave Synthesis Apparatus
BIO-RAD Electrophoresis System
-80°C Freezer
Thermo Scientific Sorvall RC 6+ Centrifuge
Johnson Matthey Magnetic Susceptibility Balance
Vacuum Atmospheres Company Glove Box

Molecular Modeling and Visualization Software/Hardware

Spartan Molecular Modeling Software
Maple V – Mathematical Software (Site License with Math and Physics)
ChemDraw Pro software

ACS Journals and Library Resources

ACS Journals Online: The library has an electronic subscription to the full set of ACS journals.
Scifinder Scholar from Chemical Abstracts Service available on campus
Web of Science