Shared Equipment list

Pitzer-Scripps Science Department shared instruments/equipment/analytical capabilities 

Our science program enjoys access to many instruments and analytical resources due to our multidisciplinary structure; additionally many faculty maintain reciprocal or cost-based use agreements with other science departments across the Claremont Colleges consortium.

Chemistry 

• 500 MHz NMR spectrometer (Bruker AVANCE III 500)

• Benchtop NMR (Nanalysis NMReady-60)

• High-resolution UPLC-qTof mass spectrometer (Waters Xevo G2-XS ESI-qTof MS/MS)

• Compact quadrupole mass spectrometer (Advion CMS)

• GC-MS (Agilent 6890N with 5975C MSD)

• HPLC (Waters 2489 with UV-vis detector)

• GC (Agilent 6850)

• FTIR spectrometer (Thermo Nicolet iS20)

• UV-visible spectrometers (Agilent Cary 60, Shimadzu UV-1280)

• Polarimeter (Jasco P-2000)

• Fluorimeter (Jobin Yvon Spex Fluorolog 3)

• Atomic absorption spectrometer (PerkinElmer PinAAcle 900T)

• Magnetic susceptibility balance (Johnson Matthey)

• Atomic Force Microscope (Nanomagnetics ezAFM)

• Anodic stripping voltammetry apparatus (PalmSens4)

• Solvent purification system (J. C. Meyer dri-train; CH2Cl2, Et2O, THF, toluene, pentane)

• Speedvac concentrator and accessories (Savant 2030)

• Small equipment: balances, pH meters, laboratory ovens, etc.

Environmental Science shared equipment/analytical capabilities:

• Bruker Tracer 5i pXRF

• Perkin Elmer Optima 8300 ICP-OES system (includes laser ablation system for solid samples)

• Perkin Elmer microwave digester

• Nikon LVU100 microscope with automated stage, camera, and imaging software; petrography capable

• Buehler Metaserve polishing wheel

• Beckman-Coulter Allegra Benchtop centrifuge

• Soil texture/sediment particle size analysis (hydrometer; Retsch sieve shaker)

• Benchtop soil pH meter (research); field pH meters for soils and water (teaching)

• Large capacity furnace and drying ovens

• METER/Decagon mini-disc infiltrometers

• Nikon DSLR