Lab Instruments
Our lab is located in rooms W108 and W109 in the Plant Sciences Building.
Please contact Dr. Thomas Borch with any inquiries about equipment and sample analysis.
thomas.borch@colostate.edu
(970) 491-6235
Micromeritics BET Surface Area and Porosity Analyzer
ASAP 2020 Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System
Summary
The Micromeritics ASAP 2020 is a physisorption analyzer that measures the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area, pore size, and pore volume in a non-destructive format.
Rates
We offer surface area, porosity, chemisorption and physisorption isotherm data to materials analysis.
$150-300/analysis – sample dependent
Ion Chromatography
DIONEX ICS-2100 SERIES
Summary
The Dionex ICS-2100 Ion Chromatography System (ICS-2100) performs ion analyses using suppressed or non-suppressed conductivity detection. An ion chromatography system typically consists of a liquid eluent, a high-pressure pump, a sample injector, a guard and separator column, a chemical suppressor, a conductivity cell, and a data collection system.
Rates
We offer cations (Lithium, Sodium, Ammonium, Postassium, Magnesium, Calcium, etc) and anions (Fluoride, Chloride, Nitrite, Sulfate, Bromide, Nitrate, Phosphate,etc) analysis.
$10/sample
Zeta Potential Analyzer
Brookhaven Instruments DB-525
Summary
Zeta potential analyzers is an analytical device for characterizing zeta potential as a property of interfacial layer in liquid particulates (dispersions, emulsions) and porous bodies.
Rates
$5/sample
UV-Visible Spectrophotometers
BioTek Instruments
Summary
UV/Vis spectroscopy is routinely used in analytical chemistry for the quantitative determination of different analytes, such as transition metal ions, highly conjugated organic compounds, and biological macromolecules.
Incubator
Fisher Scientific
Summary
Oven for drying glassware.
Furnace
Thermolyne 30400
Summary
The Type 30400 Automatic and Programmable furnaces are general laboratory  and heat treating furnaces.
CentrifugeÂ
Thermo SCIENTIFIC Sorvall Legend XTR
Summary
This series delivers high-performance processing on the benchtop or floor with unparalleled processing performance, maximum versatility, and exceptional energy efficiency.
AqualogÂ
Horiba
Summary
Aqualog simultaneously measures both absorbance spectra and fluorescence Excitation-Emission Matrices.
Thelco Laboratory OvenÂ
Thermo SCIENTIFIC
Summary
This Thelco Laboratory Oven is a bench-top gravity convection oven with a 4.5 cubic foot chamber and provides superior temperature uniformity as precise as ±3.0°C at 100°C.
Glove Bag
COY LABORATORY PRODUCTS,INC
Summary
The Vinyl Anaerobic Chambers provide a strict anaerobic atmosphere of 0-5 parts per million (ppm) using a palladium catalyst and hydrogen gas mix of 5%. The heavy duty vacuum airlock allows sample transfer without changes to the internal atmosphere. The Programmable airlock allows the user to tailor an interchange sequence ideal for their lab experiments.
FreeZone 2.5 Liter Benchtop Freeze Dry System
Summary
FreeZone® 2.5 Liter Benchtop Freeze Dry System offers an economical solution for processing light loads of aqueous samples.
Purging Station
Thermo SCIENTIFIC
Summary
Use Nitrogen gas to purge samples of ambient air.