Chemistry Lab
The GSECARS Chemistry Lab has a full inventory of everything from beakers to flasks to pipettes to a large selection of laboratory equipment and chemicals. If your work requires specific lab instruments or supplies, please email us before your visit so that we can make sure we have what you need on-hand. For contact info, please refer to the Lab Contacts section on the rights side of this page.
Chemistry Laboratory Equipment
Glove Box
Plas-Labs Glove Box, Model 855-AC/SP with a Coy Model 10 oxygen and hydrogen analyzer and a Coy unheated catalyst box. Gases available 1) H4% / N96% 2) Nitrogen 3) Argon.
Reservations for Glove Box suggested.
Denver Instrument pH Meter
Cole Parmer Stable Temperature Oven
Corning Heater – Stirrer Hot Plate
Model PC-420 D, 5″x7″ pyroceram top plate, regulates temperatures up to 550 deg C while stirring at speeds up to 1150 rpm.
Fisher Scientific StereoMaster Microscope
Schott Ace Fiber Optic Light Source
Cole Parmer Ultra-Sonic Cleaner
Heater and digital timer, Model 8895-16, capacity 1 gal, tank dimension : 9.5″L x 5.5″W x 6″H. Adjustable heater sets tank temperatures from 34 to 156 degF.
LabNet Low Speed Centrifuge
Mettler-Toledo Balance
Scientech Balance
Nikon Eclipse E600 Microscope
Velp Scientific Vortex Wizard Mixer
Direct-Q Millipore Water System
Direct-Q 3 System,Delivers both pure and ultrapure water directly from tap, resistivity 18.2 MΩ·cm at 25 °C, production flow rate 3 L/h @ 15 °C +/- 15 %, <1 particulate/mL, bacteria <0.1 cfu/mL, reservoir 6L.
Benchtop SEM
GSECARS has a JEOL JCM-6000Plus benchtop scanning electron microscope abvailable for use.
Lab Contacts
Nancy Lazarz
General Lab Questions
(630) 252-0423
lazarz@cars.uchicago.edu
Joanne Stubbs
Chemistry Lab
(630) 252-0427
stubbs@cars.uchicago.edu
Vitali Prakapenka
DAC Lab
Laser Lab
(630) 252-0439
prakapenka@cars.uchicago.edu
Stella Chariton
DAC Lab
Laser Lab
chariton@cars.uchicago.edu
Tony Yu
LVP Lab
tyu@cars.uchicago.edu